the sceptical futuryst

As the covid-19 crisis unfolds, many of us are looking to an extravagantly uncertain future with anxiety, as well as a new appreciation and...

Design is many things: it's the giving of form, the shaping of experiences, and – oh, alright then – the solving of problems. In a broa...

The Thing From The Future is an imagination game that helps players generate countless ideas for artifacts from the future; to amuse, d...

Image via . "If the world ended tomorrow, would you be happy with how you've lived your life?"  A recent program ...

A traveller comes to a small village. Producing a large pot, and a stone, he asks the village folk for some water with which to make ston...

The cover of Sum ( U.S. edition ) While in London last week, I was given a new book which came with a glowing recommendation: Sum by Davi...

"Feelies" from Deadline , Infocom, 01982 | Images via Infocom Gallery Here's a rather wonderful example of creating in-story a...

Designer and researcher Julian Bleecker of The Near Future Laboratory and Nokia is currently airing some interesting ideas under the title ...