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An Overview of Futures Research for Designers

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Research into Design for a Connected World

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Design impacts the everyday life of people and has the potential to influence their behavior and environment. Hence, a holistic and well-informed approach to designing for the future would benefit the society and its evolution. However, the lack of tools and techniques to help designers engage with the far future has been identified as a gap in the Design process. In order to overcome this, designers need to turn into visionaries and this can only be possible if they enter the field of Futures Research. This paper highlights both the commonality and the disparity of Futures Research with the Design process. In doing so, it aims to explore a complimentary beneficial system that will help not only Designers but also other Futurists.

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  1. IDC School of Design, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Bombay, India

    Deepshikha Dash

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    Amaresh Chakrabarti

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Dash, D. (2019). An Overview of Futures Research for Designers. In: Chakrabarti, A. (eds) Research into Design for a Connected World. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol 134. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-5974-3_10

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