Social dreaming together

Social dreaming together: A critical exploration of participatory speculative design

Farias, Pedro Gil (Student TU Delft)
Bendor, R. (TU Delft Design Conceptualization and Communication)
Van Eekelen, Bregje F. (TU Delft Design Aesthetics)

Vlachokyriakos, Vasilis (editor)
Yee, Joyce (editor)
Frauenberger, Christopher (editor)
Hurtado, Melisa Duque (editor)
Hansen, Nicolai (editor)
Strohmayer, Angelika (editor)
Van Zyl, Izak (editor)
Dearden, Andy (editor)
Talhouk, Reem (editor)
Gatehouse, Cally (editor)
Leishman, Donna (editor)
Agid, Shana (editor)
Sciannamblo, Mariacristina (editor)
Taylor, Jennyfer (editor)
Botero, Andrea (editor)
Del Gaudio, Chiara (editor)
Akama, Yoko (editor)
Clarke, Rachel (editor)
Vines, John (editor)

2022

While often seen as an elitist practice found only in artistic and academic circles, speculative design has grown in popularity and is now practiced in more diverse contexts and with a variety of participants. In order to gain a better understanding of this ostensible 'participatory turn', this paper presents an initial exploration of participatory speculative design based on a pilot survey of recent projects. Using a sample of projects we develop an 8-step hierarchical taxonomy of participation in speculative design that moves from 'spectatorship' to 'reflection', 'inspiration', 'generative reflection', 'shared creativity', 'shared authorship', 'initiative' and, finally, 'ownership'. The taxonomy helps to raise important questions about the character and outcomes of participatory speculative design processes and the role played by designers as agents of the public imagination.

Design methods
Participatory design
Speculative design

http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:6b096752-3d7d-4e50-876b-9c32fce51ece

https://doi.org/10.1145/3537797.3537826

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

978-1-4503-9681-3

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© 2022 Pedro Gil Farias, R. Bendor, Bregje F. Van Eekelen