Design

Why Designers Are Making Real Versions of Imaginary Objects

Design fiction isn't trying to give us a road map to the future, but it does let us make a decision:...
Naomi Jacobs
Sep 14, 2018 4 min read

Future Fragments

While doing the research for "A Visual History of the Future," we collected a huge amount of incredible material.
Darren Garrett
Aug 22, 2018 4 min read

The Tacky Cities Of Tomorrow

If imagined cities are an easy shorthand for the world of tomorrow, then the ways we talk about the cities that...
Ian Steadman
Aug 10, 2018 4 min read

The Future We Were Promised

What's missing in these visions of the future? How did these visions inspire future generations building the world of tomorrow?
Darren Garrett
Aug 8, 2018 6 min read

Humanizing Data: Highlights from EYEO 2018

A dispatch from the 2018 edition of the conference on technology and culture.
Duncan Geere
Jun 14, 2018 2 min read

Disappearing Languages and Tooltips

Obfuscating a feature is obviously not a great solution, and it's arguably a total betrayal of the principles I laid out...
Duncan Geere
Apr 12, 2018 2 min read

In GIFS: How a Mars Colony Would Work

To suggest that space is a harsh environment is an understatement. It’s a place of extreme and unusual temperatures, unpleasant atmospheric...
Joe Iles
Aug 26, 2016 2 min read

The World’s First “‘Marschitect’ Is Laying the Groundwork for Architecture in Space

With private companies setting their sights on other worlds, space architecture is a growing industry.
Vas Panagiotopoulos
Aug 11, 2016 3 min read

Black Culture Applied to Technology

An interview with Ian Forrester about Afrofuturism.
Florence Okoye
Jan 29, 2016 7 min read

Cage-Free: Can 3D Printing Move Beyond Sexy Dresses?

Feminine bodies have long been used in the world of design and fashion to show off new innovations–can 3D printing break...
Scott Smith
Mar 12, 2015 2 min read
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