#speculative-design on Hacker News

2 stories tagged speculative-design, newest first.

Screenshot of maggieappleton.com: Fortune Telling and Speculative Design

Fortune Telling and Speculative Design (maggieappleton.com)

4 points by saikatsg 3 days ago | 0 comments

Maggie Appleton's talk write-up on speculative design, offering design engineers techniques like weak signals and theory-building to explore possible software futures.

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Screenshot of designboom.com: Tree-mounted machines connect to web app to let users knock on wood remotely

Tree-mounted machines connect to web app to let users knock on wood remotely (designboom.com)

88 points by surprisetalk 17 days ago | 38 comments

A designboom article on Knock On Wood, internet-connected tree-mounted devices that knock on wood when users press a button in a web app.

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#speculative-design on Hacker News

Fortune Telling and Speculative Design(maggieappleton.com)

Tree-mounted machines connect to web app to let users knock on wood remotely(designboom.com)

Fortune Telling and Speculative Design (maggieappleton.com)

Tree-mounted machines connect to web app to let users knock on wood remotely (designboom.com)