INF2260H: Speculative Design

Speculative design explores the possibilities of user experience and technology design by
emphasizing imagination, inspiration, and creativity techniques. These techniques are used
by sci-fi writers, futurists, and designers to envision different design futures, such that these
futures can be explored through multiple lenses (e.g., social, technical, economic, political,
etc.).

The explorations provide a means to reason about implications of user experience and
technology designs, thereby providing foci for future research. This course will provide
students experience with speculative design techniques, and skills to interrogate the
artefacts and visions produced from these techniques, as well as direct hands-on experiences
with this type of "futuring."

0.50
St. George
In Class