Anthony Dunne

The book is a rather mature reflection on many years of notable design and teaching practice, providing a concise account of a design stance called speculative design. Ever since the authors coined the notion of critical design in the mid 1990s, they have seen design as a way to make people stop and think. In this book, they pull together a wealth of design examples with a conceptual framework to clarify how design can help us question big assumptions like capitalism and consumerism, and how it can help us probe alternate futures. It is highly significant for interaction design in at least two ways. First, it demonstrates coherently that design can go beyond fixing problems or styling features to engage with societal challenges in fruitful ways. Moreover, it illustrates how the gallery and exhibition route complements the more common view of design as sociotechnical intervention where artsy ambitions are sometimes seen as less authentic.… (plus d'informations)