futures
Speculative Utopias / Dystopias (x3) – Visual Communication + Change
Visual Comm. + Change students built websites exploring utopias/dystopias. Narratives critique capitalism's failure, ecological decay (microplastics, melting glaciers), the loss of human senses, and the universal need for legacy / remembrance.
SlimeMoldCrypt – Security as a biological process
A speculative device that reimagines security as a biological process using a single-celled slime mold, as an unpredictable and dynamic encryption engine.
Machine Decision is Not Final – China and the History and Future of Artificial Intelligence
Spanning borders between different worlds, histories, futures, and foundational models, Machine Decision is Not Final is a toolbox for constructing more global imaginaries for the future of AI.
Plant Futures – Data‑driven flora morphologies
Plant Futures imagines how a single flower might evolve in response to climate change between 2023 and 2100—and invites us to reflect on the complex, long-term impacts of our warming world.
Critical Signals – Practising critical responses to disrupted futures
Critical Signals (NZ) is a three-month public space for learning, imagining, and practising how sovereignty, resilience and collective care will shape our futures in times of rapid change.
Elisava and IAM Open a Pioneering Master Program on Design for Responsible AI
Elisava has partnered with the creative research lab IAM to launch a new Master in Design for Responsible Artificial Intelligence, a part-time and low residency programme that brings together designers, strategists, trend researchers, futurists, n...
Remote Materialities – Future scenographies of our coexistence with robotic devices
Created by the students at the Zurich University of the Arts, 'Remote Materialities' module and to be presented at the upcoming Ars Electronica Festival in Linz, 'Remote Materialities' explores the future scenographies of our coexistence with robo...
Beyond Blood – Emotional attachment and inheritance by algorithm
‘Beyond Blood’ is a project that imagines a legal system where algorithms take over the inheritance process where the deceased has not left a will and the state has to distribute the estates.
Delineating the Future – an interview with N O R M A L S
CAN goes in-depth with the Paris-based 'anticipatory' design studio N O R M A L S to learn about their forthcoming dark, dense, and dizzying graphic novel series. Working process, representational techniques (that bridge illustration and code), an...
Speculative Everything – Anthony Dunne at Resonate 2013 and UmK
Continuing our documentation of Resonate 2013, it's a pleasure to present the talk of Anthony Dunne, professor and head of the Design Interactions programme at the Royal College of Art in London
