Hasta La Ideas

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p”Negotiating Futures – Design Fiction” is the theme for the a href=”http://www.sdn2010.ch/”6th Swiss Design Network Conference/a, taking place in Basel, Switzerland at the end of October. Sounds good, especially after the design-fictiony contributions to Core77 by a href=”http://www.core77.com/blog/featured_items/significant_objects_sars_mask_helen_dewitt_story__16325.asp”Significant Objects/a, a href=”http://www.core77.com/blog/columns/design_fancy_judi_alewife_thrift_store_queen__16967.asp”Matt Brown/a and a href=”http://www.core77.com/blog/featured_items/design_at_the_end_of_the_world_by_ben_fullerton_16872.asp”Ben Fullerton/a./p

pIt doesn’t only sound good; the roster of speakers is impressive, with James Auger of the RCA and Julian Bleecker of the Near Future Laboratory heading up the list. If you’re a designer working with fiction-as-research you still have a chance to get involved; they’ve extended the workshop proposal deadline to a href=”http://www.sdn2010.ch/index.php?option=com_contentview=articleid=23Itemid=19″August 15th./a /pa href=”http://www.core77.com/blog/events/swiss_design_network_conference_seeks_proposals_for_workshops_about_design_fiction__17138.asp”(more…)/a
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