Speculative design
Today we took the class to look at speculative design. After a quick brainstorm we deducted the meaning of speculative design. It's design that provokes thought or as the name denotes 'speculation'. It's design with no constraints, design for the revolutionary heart and design for a social impact. For me as a designer it gives me the piece of mind that I can't go wrong and I can let my mind run free, creating the most outlandish worlds I can imagine.
I would say that speculative design is a step up from holistic design. It's designing new habits, cultures and mind sets. However, i'm not entirely sure that you can permenantly live in this zone of speculation. I think you can use it as a tool to visualise your ideal world but it's important to use other resources and design processes to get to your ideal world one step at a time.
Einstein once said "No problem can be solved by the same level of Consciousness that created it." I think this is relative when it comes to speculative design. The designer must remove all preconceivednotions and idea's of the world around them, be as creative as possible and realise there is no such thing as a bad idea. Speculative design has the ability to give hope that we can design to change societies, beliefs and views on the world.
