2014年5月27日星期二

week 14. research fiction

reading:

Research through design fiction: narrative in real and imaginary abstracts

Practice:
Write your own "research through design" fiction according to Blythe's proposal.

Final Project Discussion: (Next week, June 4, 2014)
1. Propose your final project (transmedia project) according to the "Near Future Design" process" (http://www.artisopensource.net/2013/10/28/near-future-design-the-perception-of-a-new-possible-and-a-new-role-for-design/)
2. "Ghost in the Shell" or "Old man's war" scenarios are mostly welcome; also you can use any other scenario settings.
3. Your slide should include: Story setup, and Problem-space framing.
4. Your final reports should include: (each group, complete version: June 18, 2014)

Define topic areas of interest

the output of this stage is a visual representation of the research domain, along with its extended documentation;

The Future World Map

the output of this stage is a visual map, a report and an extensive knowledge base, which can assume different forms, depending on the context and circumstances;

The Story Setup

its output is under the form of a narrative, expressed in visual and textual terms;

The Concept(s)
The Story Functions

the output of this stage consists of the list of kernel events for each story, as well as a diagrammatic representation of their relations and of the relations running among the different (and alternative) storylines that are being developed;

The Event Maps

the output of this stage is constituted by the Event Maps diagrams and by their documentation sets;

The Story Maps

the output of this stage is constituted by the sketches and by their documentation;

The Design Fictions
- Simulacra
- Transmedia Narratives

2014年5月20日星期二

week 13. transmedia & near future design

http://www.artisopensource.net/2013/10/28/near-future-design-the-perception-of-a-new-possible-and-a-new-role-for-design/

"This is what we have defined as Near Future Design.

A performative dimension in which the observation of the state of the arts and technologies meets anthropological and ethnographical observation."

The Design Fictions
- Simulacra
- Transmedia Narratives "
- the output of the Design Fiction phase, thus, is constituted by a set of Transmedia Narratives implementing the simulacrum for the story;
- the Transmedia Narrative is a multi-modal storytelling technique which is able to move and combine the effects of multiple media, from physical objects, to websites, urban interventions and more."