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Dystopia in a Box Recap 🎥
Dear Reader,
Today's advice comes from Andreas Wegner, Co-Founder of Studio2, a critical design studio.
He talked about how they created consequence-awareness cards for client workshops to spur conversations about the future
How can we ensure that our digital products find an optimal place between dystopia and utopia? Andreas sees futures thinking as a way to design beyond screens...
| Watch the Talk |
Andreas covers:
- How consequence awareness can avoid disaster
- Why they made dystopian trends instead of a trend report
- How futures thinking can take projects beyond screen design
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Until next week!
Jeff Humble
​Designer & Co-Founder
​The Fountain Institute
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P.S. Next week, I'm giving a FREE masterclass called How to Test Innovation Ideas, and I'd love to see you there!
The Fountain Institute
The Fountain Institute is an independent online school that teaches advanced UX & product skills.
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