Imaginary Design Workbooks: Constructive Criticism and Practical Provocation
summary
Workshop uses imaginary design workbooks (ambiguous images and an invented script) and Kurt Vonnegut story shapes to generate narratives about home hubs and voice assistants. A prototype concept—digital social worker—is co-developed with a senior social worker and a case study reveals 75 kids / £75 million spent on a cohort; workshops surface both small benefits (targeted support, sensor-triggered interventions) and serious risks (surveillance, algorithmic bias, automating inequality).
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Introduction to design workbooks
- 1:50Criticism vs constructive design
- 3:14Design fiction workshop concept
- 5:47Workshop activity and responses
- 7:31Stories from the workshop participants
- 8:58Applying workshop ideas in practice
- 11:47Historical context of discipline and punishment
- 13:11Imaginary author and surveillance tech
- 14:59Algorithmic inequality and social impact
- 16:46Design is never neutral
- 17:07Q&A on critical and constructive design
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