projects
alternative designer
mechanical engineer
social critic
mechanical engineer
social critic
prototyping
alternatives
because business-as-usual
is not it... 🙃
DOC 234—34/2
spring + summer 2024
org:
freelance
client:
japanese trading company
design team:
kenta kondo - design lead
yuriko yamaguchi - design research
alisa koegel - interaction design
hanko - doggo emotional support
process:
strategic foresight
design fiction
output:
14 high fidelity artifacts from the future
you are two lost carry-on items found at seattle airport
boarding pass for sep 09, 2034.
one bag tells a tale of a business-woman agonizing whether to upgrade her ai business implant at the cost of her sense of self.
another bag tells a tale of a single-father systemizing childcare while yearning to protect his infant from constant corporate exposure...
the speculative design exploration investigated the social implications of ai-human decision-making, implanted tech, and realtime corporate surveillance. what might human volition, autonomy, and free-will look like? how might people indulge, protect, protest, and rebel? as the invisible hand pulls ai innovation, what will humanity lose and find?
two sets of carry-on items of two individuals from a super-subliminal future were crafted for a futuring leadership workshop. this was a commissioned design work for a japanese trading company’s future leadership workshop.