Speculative fictions from 2nd year students in BA Design+Change, Linnaeus University, for their course on Speculative Design. Sep, 2023

Speculative Design 2023

After a nuclear wipeout, we reinvent tools and weapons to rebuild humantiy again, but due to scarce resources, we battle with others to fight for essential resources. The weapons presented aim to reflect on the consequences of our actions and serve as a warning for us to act upon our present behaviours within conflicts.

(Speculative fictions from 2nd year students in BA Design+Change, Linnaeus University, for the course Speculative Design)

Modern weapons // Afzaal

Cutlery set made out of your animals/plants that you have previously taken care of well/had good connection with before eating it. In this way only using/consuming stress-free sources. It leads you to a more memorable dining experience. the project wants you to think about what you are putting into your body/why there is a difference between pets and livestock.

(Speculative fictions from 2nd year students in BA Design+Change, Linnaeus University, for the course Speculative Design)

Pet Approved // Bianka

This is LifePlug, the ultimate human charger. Stop sleeping and start charging.

The object represents a crucial tool in an alternate universe's society, which has evolved to be so fast-paced that they no longer sleep. To adapt, they've integrated booths with special charging air plugs throughout their cities, offering inhabitants a way to "recharge" without traditional rest.

(Speculative fictions from 2nd year students in BA Design+Change, Linnaeus University, for the course Speculative Design)

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LifePlug // Anja

A living glove made of moss helps you breathe clean air again in a world where arbor's bane disease killed most of the trees. It functions by the moss performing photosynthesis converting carbon dioxide to oxygen. The inside is aligned with micro-needles which help transfer the oxygen directly to your blood stream.

(Speculative fictions from 2nd year students in BA Design+Change, Linnaeus University, for the course Speculative Design)

OxyMoss Glove // Laura

Humeat is a speculative design that takes place takes place in a far dystopian future. In this world not only has most edible animals and plants gone exctinct, but the lack of food has also put all of humanity in danger. Humeat's intentions are to "solve" this problem by selling and humanizing consumption of human meat.

(Speculative fictions from 2nd year students in BA Design+Change, Linnaeus University, for the course Speculative Design)

Humeat // Felipe

'The Gallery of Life' is a speculative design project aiming to criticize the way technological development seems to avoid certain aspects of our lives such as death. What would a tombstone and a cemetery from the future look like?

The Gallery of Life // Svetlana

Audre Lorde reads her poem "Black Studies".

Modern weapons // Afzaal

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