Schedule

Weeks 1-16

Week 1… January 21^st, 2020

• Class Syllabus
• Introductions
• Speculative Design Exercise: “Liking What You See” by Ted Chiang
• Due next week: Design research, logos, and signage based on reading
• Visual References: Zones, Demarcation, & Messaging
• Arena Channel: Zone, Area, Demarcation, Safety

Week 2… January 28^th, 2020

• In-Class Research Exercise: Speculative Design Project Precedents
• Pin-up and discuss “Liking What You See…” deliverables
• Upload digital files to this Google Drive folder
• Due Next Week: Project 1 Research Dossier, Stage 1
• Interest Area #1: Smart Cities (Amira, Alexa, Sarah Beth)
• Interest Area #2: Climate Change (Brenda, Xuan, Cindy)
• Interest Area #3: Deepfakes (Denni, Emi, Haley)
• Interest Area #4: Sustainability (Yanyao, JJ, Baobao)
• Interest Area #5: Synthetic Biology (Sabrina, June, Ella)
• Interest Area #6: Smart Home Devices (Alex)
• Research Dossier Example: New Car Experiences

Week 3… February 4^th, 2020

• Discussion & Examples: Research Dossiers
• Casa Qualcosa (Besler & Sons, Syracuse University)
• New Car Experiences (Ben Hooker, et al.)
• A Guide to the Dirty South (Jennifer Bonner)
• Learning from Las Vegas (Venturi, Scott Brown, Izenour)
• In-Class Work Session:
• Research Topic Data Visualizations
• End of Class Shareout: Three (3) rough comps of your data visualizations
• Research Group Meetings & Feedback w/ Professor
• Due Next Week: Researsh Dossier Book Dummies
• Guide: Bood Binding & Kettle Stitch Book Binding

Week 4… February 11^th, 2020

• Small Group Critiques:
• Pair with one other group
• Present your Research Dossier, including the references, questions, and diagrams
• Collect ten specific points of feedback, submit all of your feedback here
• Research Group Meetings, Work Session, & Feedback w/ Professor
• In-Class Reading & Discussion: “The Age of Decadence,” Ross Douthat, The New York Times
• Due Next Week: Final Printed & Bound Researsh Dossier

Week 5… February 18^th, 2020

• Final Project 1 Presentations:
• Upload final Research Dossier PDF here
• Packaging Prototyping Workshop w/ Prof. Eric O'Toole (5pm PS 301)
• Review Prof. O'Toole's website
• Submit at least three (3) questions for Prof. O'Toole, as well as three (3) photographs of interesting/horrible product packaging design that you found in this Google Slides deck
• Be prepared to take notes during next week's workshop
• Due Next Week: Project 2, Stage 1, Speculative Design Concepts

Week 6… February 25^th, 2020

• Upload your five (5) speculative design concepts to this Google Drive folder
• Small group critiques:
• In groups of 3, briefly present your Project 2 proposal concepts
• Write down questions/confussion/suggestions from your group members about each proposal
• Start thinking about which two (2) of your proposals you want to move forward with for next week
• Discussion: Service Systems & System Maps
• In-Class Work Session: Two (2) system maps for your Project 2 proposal concepts
• Speculative Design Exercise: “Anxiety is the Dizziness of Freedom” by Ted Chiang
• Next Week: Pratt Studios Hallway Pin-Ups

Week 7… March 3^rd, 2020

• Speculative Design Exercise: “Anxiety is the Dizziness of Freedom” by Ted Chiang
• Reading discussion and design exercise prompts
• Upload your work to the in-class share-out deck
• Final Project 1 Presentation
• Steuben Hall 4^th Floor Group Pin-Ups
• Upload your pin-up material to this Google Drive folder
• Next week: Field trip to Countryside, The Future at the Guggenheim Museum
• Please depart Pratt campus no later than 3:00 p.m. (Google Maps directions)
• Everyone should meet in front of the Guggenheim no later than 4:15 p.m.
• We will have a brief discussion/hand-out of assignment material before going in
• Ian will prepare and distribute a research and response assignment that you will complete in small groups
• We will present our research insights and reactions to the exhibition at the beginning of class on Tuesday, March 24^th
• Please plan to stay at the Guggenheim until at least 6:20 p.m.

Week 8… March 10^th, 2020 Guggenheim Field Trip

• Field trip to Countryside, The Future at the Guggenheim Museum
• Please depart Pratt campus no later than 3:00 p.m.
• Everyone should meet in front of the Guggenheim no later than 4:15 p.m.
• We will have a brief discussion/hand-out of assignment material before going in
• Ian will prepare and distribute a research and response assignment that you will complete in small groups
• We will present our research insights and reactions to the exhibition at the beginning of class on Tuesday, March 24^th
• Please plan to stay at the Guggenheim until at least 6:20 p.m.

Week 9… March 17^th, 2020 Spring Break

Week 10… March 24^th, 2020 Study Week

Week 11… March 31^st, 2020

• Small Group Critiques via Zoom
• Project 2 Developments
• Group 1: Society, privacy, and tracking
• Alexa F.
• Alex M.
• Haley W.
• Group 2: Lifestyle/cosmetics, disposability, re-use
• Sarah Beth I.
• JJ J.
• Yanyao L.
• Baobao Y.
• Group 3: Ecology, water-use, eco-activism
• Ella C.
• Brenda J.
• Amira L.
• Group 4: Wearables, connection, protection
• June L.
• Everly L.
• Emi S.
• Group 5: Body, identity, futures, dystopia
• Denni L.
• Cyndi W.
• Sabrina Y.

Week 12… April 7^th, 2020

• One-on-One Zoom Meetings:
2. 9:00 a.m. JJ J.
4. 2:00 p.m. Sabrina Y.
5. 2:20 p.m. Cyndi W.
6. 2:40 p.m. Denni L.
8. 3:00 p.m. Emi S.
9. 3:20 p.m. Everly L.
10. 3:40 p.m. June L.
12. 4:00 p.m. Amira L.
13. 4:20 p.m. Brenda J.
14. 4:40 p.m. Ella C.
16. 5:00 p.m. Baobao Y.
17. 5:20 p.m. Yanyao L.
18. 5:40 p.m. Sarah Beth I.
20. 6:00 p.m. Haley W.
21. 6:20 p.m. Alex M.
22. 6:40 p.m. Alexa F.

Week 13… April 14^th, 2020

• Combined Group Critiques with Prof. Soomin Shon’s class via Zoom
• Optional Google Drive upload folder for presentation PDFs
• Project 2 Refinements
2. 3:00 p.m. Group 1: Privacy, attention, tracking
• Alexa F.
• Alex M.
• Haley W.
• Lei
• Fanxuan
• Yue
4. 4:00 p.m. Group 2: Body, identity, futures, dystopia
• Sarah Beth I.
• Denni L.
• Sabrina Y.
• Brenda J.
• Max
• Ky
6. 5:00 p.m. Group 3: Wearables, connection, protection
• June L.
• Everly L.
• Emi S.
• Cyndi W.
• Rachel
• Hannah
8. 6:00 p.m. Group 4: Ecology, water-use, eco-activism
• Ella C.
• Amira L.
• Alex
• Naomi
• Yuwei
10. 7:00 p.m. Group 5: Lifestyle/cosmetics, disposability, re-use
• JJ J.
• Yanyao L.
• Baobao Y.
• Yi-Ting
• Yong

Week 14… April 21^st, 2020

• One-on-One Zoom Meetings:
2. 2:00 p.m. Alexa F.
3. 2:20 p.m. Alex M.
4. 2:40 p.m. Haley W.
6. 3:00 p.m. Sarah Beth I.
7. 3:20 p.m. Yanyao L.
8. 3:40 p.m. Baobao Y.
10. 4:00 p.m. Ella C.
11. 4:20 p.m. Brenda J.
12. 4:40 p.m. Amira L.
14. 5:00 p.m. June L.
15. 5:20 p.m. Cyndi W.
16. 5:40 p.m. Emi S.
18. 6:00 p.m. Denni L.
19. 6:20 p.m. Sabrina Y.
21. 8:00 p.m. JJ J.

Week 15… April 28^th, 2020

• Small Group Critiques via Zoom
• Google Drive Folder: Project 3 Developments
• 3:00 p.m. Group 1
• Ella C.
• June L.
• Denni L.
• 4:00 p.m. Group 2
• Amira L.
• Haley W.
• Baobao Y.
• 5:00 p.m. Group 3
• Alexa F.
• Cyndi W.
• Sabrina Y.
• 6:00 p.m. Group 4
• Brenda J.
• Yanyao L.
• Alex M.
• Emi S.
• 8:00 p.m. Group 5
• Sarah Beth I.
• JJ J.
• Everly L.

Week 16… May 5^th, 2020

• Study Day/Exam Conflict Day
• Optional one-on-one meetings
• Sign up for one-on-one meetings here

Week 17… May 12^th, 2020

• Final Speculative Design Presentations via Zoom
• Upload presentation PDFs or copy your Google Slide deck to this Google Drive folder
2. 3:00 p.m. Session 1: Genetics, body modification/identity
• Cyndi W. — “Bio Putty”
• Denni L. — “Bundle Builders”
• Sabrina Y. — “Idyllic”
• Sarah Beth I. — “MirrorMe”
4. 4:00 p.m. Session 2: Ecologies, radical re-use
• Amira L. — “The Green Kit”
• Yanyao L. — “Loop”
• Ella C. — “Waste Flo”
• Baobao Y. — “Re-Candle”
6. 5:00 p.m. Session 3: Tracking, sharing, privacy
• Haley W. — “Habitu”
• Alex M. — “Trendy Tots”
• JJ J. — “Green Cart”
• Alexa F. — “Remote”
8. 6:00 p.m. Session 4: Wearable technology, protection/connection
• Emi S. — “Gomitabe”
• Everly L. — “INshade”
• June L. — “Unible”
• Brenda J. — “Brella”

Resources

Speculative Designers

• David Benqué
• BERG
• Tega Brain
• James Bridle
• Revital Cohen & Tuur Van Balen
• Chiu Chih
• Critical +
• Dunne & Raby
• Matthew Plummer Fernández
• Futurefarmers
• Ilona Gaynor
• Ai Hasegawa
• Imagination of Things
• Markus Kayser/Kayser Works
• Shona Kitchen
• Ryan Kuo
• Keiichi Matsuda
• Nord Projects
• O-R-G (David Reinfurt)
• Parsons & Charlesworth
• Sascha Pohflepp
• Tobias Revell
• Philipp Ronnenberg/Studio Ronnenberg
• Space Caviar
• Studio TheGreenEyl
• Thomas Thwaites
• Noam Toran
• Yosuke Ushigome
• Clement Valla
• Allan Wexler
• Chris Woebken

Platforms, Blogs, Etc.

• Core77
• Core77: Speculative Design
• Creative Applications
• e-flux
• Kottke

Videos

• “Critical Exploits” by Tobias Revell
• “Speculative Everything” by Anthony Dunne and Fiona Raby

Books

• Speculative Everything: Design, Fiction, and Social Dreaming by Anthony Dunne and Fiona Raby

Organizations

• The Institute of Network Cultures
• Monoskop
• The Near Future Laboratory

Products

• Flight Simulator app
• ORHUT
• Universe Splitter (Aerfish, LLC)