FORTUNE TELLING AND SPECULATIVE DESIGN

Summary from the TLDR Design newsletter

Design engineers are particularly well positioned to explore possible futures because they combine visual design, software development, and the ability to build convincing working prototypes. Maggie Appleton's approach at GitHub Next involves collecting weak signals of emerging change, developing theories about where technology is heading, and creating tangible artifacts that make those possibilities easier to evaluate. Rather than trying to predict one inevitable future, speculative design helps teams investigate multiple plausible directions and make better decisions about what to build next.