Wed 2 Keisuke Takayasu

In this course, which focuses on speculative design, we'll explore the imaginary futures of various objects. Speculative design encourages us to imagine possibilities that seem unusual, but are potentially plausible. This course will introduce students to truly innovative design studies. Teaching will be face-to-face, encouraging an active exchange of ideas between students.

overview

Students will first be introduced to this approach and taught how to conceptualise the future. The course will then cover topics related to post-humanism, which is necessary for speculative thinking. Based on this knowledge, students will research the origins of their chosen objects and produce a poster presentation in English proposing alternative possibilities for these objects.

schedule

Introduction

**01 : introduction 02 : speculative design 03 : futures 04 : utopia 05 : dystopia ***

Discussion

**06 : post-humanism 07 : artificial intelligence 08 : human enhancement 09 : deep ecology 10 : nonhuman view ***

Proposal

**11 : project proposal 12 : poster making * 13 : poster presentation 14 : poster presentation ***

01 Introduction

Among the designed objects surrounding you, specify the target you will be discussing. First, you should define a field such as landscape, architecture, products, clothing, crafts, images, photographs, books, or clothes.

Introduction

02 Speculative Design

First of all, we would like to know about speculative design. This design is an attempt to make visible possibilities that no one has considered, that may or may not be realised, that may or may not be good.