Design-fiction in family
Design-fiction in family
Design-fiction in family
brief.
brief.
The situation of families [many of which are single parent households] living in undignified conditions, often leaves them unable to envision a future or the possibility of building a different life. This design fiction process was held in Las Ferias Public Library [Bogotá, Colombia], a territory with various social difficulties where I combined literature and design as tools let them imagine new ways of communal living. It. With a special call for families to participate, the project resulted in fictional scenarios designed by assistants as well as a new proposal from Voro's Cone implementing uchronias as scenarios for design fiction processes.
The situation of families living in undignified conditions, often leaves them unable to envision a future or the possibility of building a different life. This design fiction process combined literature and design as tools to imagine new ways of communal living. It was held in Las Ferias Public Library, in a territory with various social difficulties. With a special call for families to participate, the project resulted in fictional scenarios designed by assistants as well as a new proposal from Voro's Cone implementing uchronias as scenarios for design fiction processes.
thanks to.
thanks to.
This was an individual proposal as a Professional of Creative Spaces at BibloRed. Thanks to Las Ferias Public Library team, who opened up their reading space to receive the co-creation.
This project was an individual proposal as a Professional of Creative Spaces. Thanks Las Ferias Public Library team, who opened up their reading space to receive the creation.
Figure 1. Scenario showcasing the diegetic prototypes developed as autonomous projects within the Lab.
Figure 1. Scenario showcasing the diegetic prototypes developed as autonomous projects within the Lab.
testimony.
testimony.
“She asked us who we were, and I wrote in response: I am a being who have been lost its identity and its memory. Someone cast out by society from what everyone calls normal life. But above all... I am now a designer.” {translated}
“She asked who we were, and I wrote as an answer: I am a being who have been lost its identity and its memory. Someone cast out by society from what everyone calls normal life. But above all... I am now a designer.”
“She asked us who we were, and I wrote in response: I am a being who have been lost its identity and its memory. Someone cast out by society from what everyone calls normal life. But above all... I am now a designer.” {translated}
“She asked us who we were, and I wrote in response: I am a being who have been lost its identity and its memory. Someone cast out by society from what everyone calls normal life. But above all... I am now a designer.” {translated}
— Natalia, mother and caregiver in a interview about the design-fiction lab.
— Natalia, mother and caregiver in a interview about the design-fiction lab.
— Natalia, mother and caregiver in a interview about the design-fiction lab.
— Natalia, mother and caregiver in a interview about the design-fiction lab.
Figure 2. From “futures cone” to “speculation cylinder” / Figure 3. Participants / Figure 4. Low-fi prototype / Figure 5. Future circles tool.
Figure 2. From “futures cone” to “speculation cylinder” / Figure 3. Participants / Figure 4. Low-fi prototype / Figure 5. Future circles tool.
design process.
design process.
Curious about what we can create together?
Curious about what we can create together?
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