Speculative Design - a practice that uses design to explore future possibilities, often by creating hypothetical products, scenarios, and services to provoke thought and debate about potential technological and social changes.

Cone of Speculative Design

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Why is Speculative Design important ?

Encourages Imaginations

Challenges Norms

Shapes Innovation

Prepares us for change

How to practice it

Identify a future concern

Ask What If questions

Create Future Scenarios

Design Artefacts and prototypes