Still the Best Design Fiction explainer video...simple, straightforward, no boss fights, no academic gobbledegook. Just design fiction. youtu.be/t_UT78JOauM

"Design fiction is really Design when done well. It's not just a form of popular fiction, like science fiction is. Fundamentally, you really need to understand design." Bruce Sterling on power of Design Fiction to shape futures to open ASU CSI panel w/ Brian David Johnson

Our latest piece of fiction with Future Tense: “Yellow,” a story by B. Pladek about quantifying risk, and the challenges of learning to live with it. slate.com/technology/202…

Congratulations to Arts, Media and Engineering student, Ivan Mendoza on accepting this great opportunity with The Smithsonian's National Space and Air Museum! Herberger Institute

Visit emerge.asu.edu to learn more about our festival of the future, coming up on Saturday, November 19 in Mesa, AZ!

This was a great conversation:

Join us for the 4th International Conference on Anticipation, Anticipation Conference 2022, to explore futures thinking, justice, decolonizing anticipation, new media for visualizing futures, and more! Virtual conference on Nov 4 + in-person, Tempe, AZ Nov 16-18: na.eventscloud.com/ereg/newreg.ph…

It’s such a thrill to be working with Dr. Sian “Leo” Proctor this year!

How often do you get to call a Utopian Hotline? Come dial up the future through daytime hours at the call center and evening performances, all at the amazing ASU MIX Center in downtown Mesa this week! herbergerinstitute.asu.edu/events/utopian…

Our festival of futures @asuemerge is coming up on Saturday, Nov 19 Mesa Arts Center! It’s free and open to everyone, with activities for all ages. Bring your appetite and explore “eating at the edges,” the future of food: emerge.asu.edu

Bringing Sundance, Tribeca, Venice to Arizona State University campus! Announcing VR film series, in partnership with Wonderspaces. Screenings only on Arizona State University campus, in the School of Arts, Media, and Engineering @ASU_ArtsMedia. Starts Halloween weekend. Grab tix now! arizona.wonderspaces.com/vr-film-series…

Read the latest story in our Us in Flux project—“The Island,” by Elsa Sjunneson, an Actual Bat, about ability and disability, journalism, and creating adaptable communities: csi.asu.edu/projects/usinf…

The data is in... Students in Arizona State University's #DreamscapeLearn biology #VR course had significantly higher lab grades and stronger engagement than peers who participated in the traditional lab course. #highered #edtech news.asu.edu/20221021-creat…

Our festival of futures @asuemerge is looking for volunteers on Nov 19 to help before, during, and after the event Mesa Arts Center. Water, a meal, and snacks provided! Learn more and register: emerge.asu.edu/volunteer-at-e…

(1/2) This conversation with Ed Finn, like his Center for Science and the Imagination (ASU CSI), is a bounty of audacious ideas and a widening of imaginative capacity

In which I opine on what might happen if we replace search bars with chatbots Future Tense: slate.com/technology/202…

In which I discuss imagination and the future of learning

THAT'S RIGHT. A FUTURE TENSE FICTION PODCAST!