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Speculative Design.
Mitrović, I. (2015), Introduction to Speculative Design Practice [Diagram] http://speculative.hr/en/introduction-to-speculative-design-practice/
The significant of practitioners in the field of design and art are starting to use new technical means to create work that reflects the issues of today's society. Speculative design is not about predicting or solving problems but asking questions to reframe our view of the future. In addition, speculative design is a design method for developing products and services that handle social issues by considering potential future developments in sociopolitical, technological, and cultural trends (Tony, 2020).
Speculative design differs from other design frameworks in that it is an exploration of a question rather than an answer. As Bleecker's reading that we discuss in the class, "Rather speculative designs are about ‘creative provocations, raising questions, innovations, and exploration” (Nick, 2022, p.85). Traditional design is an effect of acknowledging the present; speculative design imagines and predicts the future while assisting in our comprehension and reevaluation of the world today. Compared to traditional design, the speculative design offers designers the chance to unleash their creativity and create innovative new designs for the future. Developers can use the "What if?" method to reconsider a technological future considering the modern world's complexity. Lvica described speculative design as “By speculating, designers re-think alternative products, systems and worlds (2016, para .9).”
The overarching goal of speculative design is to inspire change and stimulate people's imagination to imagine all possible futures. While imagining conderiable dark scenarios may make people feel helpless and lead to negativity and worry about the future, speculative design is not a depressing training; instead, it is encouraging designers to be proactive in shaping the future. Developers use imagination to create design solutions to debate critical issues that may occur in the future, aiming to encourage the freedom of creativity.
Strengths & Limitations.
The significant of practitioners in the field of design and art are starting to use new technical means to create work that reflects the issues of today's society. Speculative design is not about predicting or solving problems but asking questions to reframe our view of the future. In addition, speculative design is a design method for developing products and services that handle social issues by considering potential future developments in sociopolitical, technological, and cultural trends (Tony, 2020).
Speculative design differs from other design frameworks in that it is an exploration of a question rather than an answer. As Bleecker's reading that we discuss in the class, "Rather speculative designs are about ‘creative provocations, raising questions, innovations, and exploration” (Nick, 2022, p.85). Traditional design is an effect of acknowledging the present; speculative design imagines and predicts the future while assisting in our comprehension and reevaluation of the world today. Compared to traditional design, the speculative design offers designers the chance to unleash their creativity and create innovative new designs for the future. Developers can use the "What if?" method to reconsider a technological future considering the modern world's complexity. Lvica described speculative design as “By speculating, designers re-think alternative products, systems and worlds (2016, para .9).”
The overarching goal of speculative design is to inspire change and stimulate people's imagination to imagine all possible futures. While imagining considerable dark scenarios may make people feel helpless and lead to negativity and worry about the future, speculative design is not depressing training; instead, it encourages designers to be proactive in shaping the future. Developers use imagination to create design solutions to debate critical issues that may occur in the future, aiming to encourage the freedom of creativity.
Iqbal, M. (2017, May 15). Cybele: An Artificial Asexual Womb. [Diagram] https://biodesign.eca.ed.ac.uk/cybele-an-artificial-asexual-womb/#:~:text=Cybele%2C%20an%20interchangeable%20asexual%20incubator,interaction%20or%20restrictions%20of%20gender.
In today's society, women face the same responsibilities and pressures as men and even more; because women need to conceive children, there is workplace discrimination against women due to pregnancy in countries with gender equality, let alone in countries with gender inequality. Cybele is a replaceable asexual incubator, replaceable artificial wombs could become a new mode of reproduction in the future. It enables families to contribute equally to the development of the foetus when people use it. The goal of the Cybele is to liberate women from their maternity.
At the start of fertilisation, the skin cells and general somatic cells from which the parents have been extracted are converted into gametes, and the paired gametes are mixed to form a mixed fertilised egg. Both the egg and the endometrium are then implanted into an artificial endometrium and the 40-week gestation period takes place. Throughout the process, gametes fusion occurs asexually in the laboratory; the nutrition required for the conception of life is provided through the artificial umbilical cord, which receives blood from the parents.
Compared with other cases we discussed, this example realistically takes into account the problems women face in society, such as the inconvenience of pregnancy in life and at work, and even discrimination and dismissal; These are things that should not happen. In the future, parents should take turns to assume joint responsibility, in which all individuals can experience the role of mother and father. Furthermore, it breaks the traditional inescapable relationship between motherhood and womanhood (Muhamad, 2017).
Efforts have been made to protect women from all kinds of gender discrimination, but the pay gap for women persists. Although this is only an experimental project, it has sparked discussion and thought about the responsibility of pregnancy for people and the call for the protection of women's rights.
Reference
Tony Ho, T. (2019, April 8). Speculative design: 3 examples of design fiction | Inside Design Blog. Inside Design. https://www.invisionapp.com/inside-design/speculative-design/
Konings N. & Kim. H (2022, July 26). Des231-Week 02-Lecture [Paper presentation]. The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand https://uoa.sharepoint.com/:p:/s/Design/EbcDZJrksrlMr3xblqMvTEUBr05VETEdoe6u53j3u1Gujg?e=gCDTys
Mitrović I. (2016, May 4). Introduction to speculative design practice – Speculative. Speculative – Speculative – Post-Design Practice or New Utopia?. https://speculative.hr/en/introduction-to-speculative-design-practice/
Iqbal, M. (2017, May 15). Cybele: An Artificial Asexual Womb. The University of Edinburgh. https://biodesign.eca.ed.ac.uk/cybele-an-artificial-asexual-womb/#:%7E:text=Cybele%2C%20an%20interchangeable%20asexual%20incubator,interaction%20or%20restrictions%20of%20gender.