Design X Discourse is an international workshop and discourse series that is using futuring and design methods to empower citizens to speculate about possible futures and share their opinions on how our future should look like. Because the impact of new emerging technologies is global, local contexts and the pluralism of individual perspective should not be ignored in times of technological transformation and digitalization. 

Through Design X Discourse participants are enabled to create their narratives about the future and visualize them using design methods. Emerging design artifacts invite us to think about the future, deliberate with others and reflect our current times.

Would you like to host a workshop or participate in the next workshop? Contact us at info[AT]perfectfuturedesign.com

Design X Discourse

Design X Discourse is an international workshop and discourse series that is using futuring and design methods to empower citizens to speculate about possible futures and share their opinions on how our future should look like. Because the impact of new emerging technologies is global, local contexts and the pluralism of individual perspective should not be ignored in times of technological transformation and digitalization. 

Through Design X Discourse participants are enabled to create their narratives about the future and visualize them using design methods. Emerging design artifacts invite us to think about the future, deliberate with others and reflect our current times.

Would you like to host a workshop or participate in the next workshop? Contact us at info[AT]designxdiscourse.com

NEWS

x Kobe

x Kyoto

x Taipei

x Tokyo

x Munich

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THE FRAMEWORK
BRIEFLY EXPLAINED

THE FRAME­WORK BRIEFLY EXPLAINED

To conduct the workshops we developed a workshop framework that allows every interested citizen to participate. No prior knowledge is required. The method of the framework is a fusion of principles from speculative design, critical design and graphic design and also has great influences from participatory design and last but not least deliberative democracy. We perceive it as a deliberative design approach for citizens to collaborate on tech narratives about our futures. The resulting visual narratives are a starting point for the broader society to deliberate together.

NEWS
FULL PAPER ACCEPTED & MozFest 2021

NEWS
FULL PAPER ACCEPTED & MozFest 2021

We are happy to announce that our paper for the Design as Common Good Symposium 2021 by the Swiss Design Network has been accepted. More updates on this will follow.

We will also host a workshop at the MozFest 2021 by Mozilla in March. We’ll provide more information once the festival program is released.

*** call for Participation ***
international Design X Discourse Sessions in Summer 2021

*** Call For Partici­pation *** international design x discourse sessions in summer 2021

Join us to organize and facilitate or participate in the international Design X Discourse Series this summer. At this point in time we’re looking for individuals and organizations or initiatives of any size interested in joining us organize or host a Design X Discourse Session. Feel free to send us a message without any obligation to receive further information.

Take a look at the futures that were created during our workshops.

Learn more about the project by looking through past events, talks and publications.

Find out more about the context of the project and the people behind it.

Take a look at the futures that were created during our workshops.

Learn more about the project by looking through past events, talks and publications.

Find out more about the context of the project and the people behind it.

We presented the project at Waterkant Festival 2020. Watch the video to learn more about the project or find the details about its development and more below.

PAST EVENTS

PAST EVENTS

OCTOBEr/november 2020
Workshop series at the Munich Universtiy for applied sciences with the design faculty

Oct./ NOV. 2020
Workshop series at the munich university for applied sciences with the design faculty

We held a threepart workshop series at the Munich University of Applied Sciences. The resuls will be published soon.

OCTOBER 28 TH / 2020
Talk at OAG Tokyo – Perspektiven auf die Zukunft digitaler Öffentlichkeiten

Oct. 28 TH / 2020
Talk at OAG – Perspektiven auf die Zukunft digitaler öffentlichkeiten

We held a talk at the OAG Tokyo (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Natur- und Völkerkunde Ostasiens). More information on the talk and the recording can be found here (talk in German).

SEPTEMBER 07TH / 2020
CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTATIONAL CREATIVITY ICCC’2020

SEPT. 07TH / 2020
CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTATIONAL CREATIVITY ICCC’2020

Our workshop paper for the International Conference on Computational Creativity has been accepted. We submitted a  paper for the workshop track: Future of Co-Creative Systems. You can find the proceedings of the workshop with our paper contribution here and watch the video on the paper here (10 min).

JULY 14 TH / 2020
TALK AT THE german InstituTe for Japanese Studies

JULY 14 TH / 2020
TALK AT THE german InstituTe for Japanese Studies

On Tuesday (14. July) we talked about our research project at the German Institute for Japanese Studies (DIJ) Tokyo. More information on the talk here.

JUNE 20 TH / 2020
TALK AT THE WATERKANT FESTIVAL

JUNE 20 TH / 2020
TALK AT THE WATERKANT FESTIVAL

We were invited by the Gesellschaft für digitale Ethik (association for digital ethics) to present the research project and first findings from our research stay in Japan at the Waterkant Festival. You can watch our talk on Vimeo  (from 1:23:50 to 2:01:55) and find more information on the talk here.