design fiction

noun

A design practice aiming to explore and criticize possible futures by means of speculative and often provocative scenarios narrated through designed artifacts.

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Meanings

noundesign fiction (countable and uncountable, plural design fictions)

plural design fictions

  1. uncountableA design practice aiming to explore and criticize possible futures by means of speculative and often provocative scenarios narrated through designed artifacts.
  2. countableA possible future raised as part of this practice.
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