I have had a breakthrough this week. I kept asking the question ‘Who am I?’ after Vicky asked me in a tutorial. I know that I am interested in the future of media and the future of fashion and the future of identity and society. I have been deep into conducting research for the last month but this week I am aware that I need to focus my ideas more and slowly ease out of the research stage and into the planning and strategy development stages. With this in mind I have been conducting SWOT analysis and breaking down my practice. I have come to the conclusion I am a Speculative Media Practitioner as I like to imagine ways of being in the future.
Useful article:
“User centricity is incredibly problematic. Focusing on the narrow goals of the user as it relates to the business as it exists today leads us to a narrow view of the opportunity space that we’re working in.” — J. Paul Neeley, Speculative Designer
Amara’s law, which says that we tend to overestimate the impact of a new technology in the short run, but greatly underestimate its impact in the long run.
beyond user-centered design and ask what the effects of our designs could be on future societies
https://uxdesign.cc/speculative-design-for-the-real-world-551130b22827