In 2011, the Dutch industrial giant Philips unveiled something it called the Microbial Home. It was a zero-waste, self-sustaining vision of the future, where household appliances ran on food and human ...

Nicolas Nova is a multi-disciplinary researcher working at the intersection of anthropology, computer science and design who studies what people do with technology. He is the co-founder of the Near ...

How can speculative design address climate change? “We did what we could to not say ‘we’re going to solve this huge important problem,’” John Jung, programmer analyst at University of Chicago ...

Paul Gong is designing the cow of tomorrow. As a speculative designer, he doesn't need a ranch or farm. Instead he designs cows on a computer and outputs the results on a 3D printer. One of Gong's ...

Speculative visualization is a branch of speculative design, which deals with the “rhetorical strategy” used in design to bring awareness to social and political agendas (Kim & DiSalvo, p. 1). This ...

In the dynamic world of laboratory design, where cutting-edge research and innovation thrive, creating functional and efficient lab and office spaces requires meticulous planning and a comprehensive ...