Module #1
Introduction and launch of the exploration
Introducing the basic principles and objectives of design fiction
Linking design fiction to sustainability: the importance of new imaginaries to coconstruct the transition towards a sustainable future
Martin LAUQUIN – Creative Strategist, Expert on Design Fiction and strategic thinking
Module #2
Framing the prospective question
Sharing and classification of trends
Deepening of the themes/trends
Clustering trends in terms of likelihood and impact
Claire MARCHIVE – associate specialized in Foresight methodologies
Module #3
Confrontation with experts and choice of the most structuring themes for the future
Immersion and collection of visions
Mapping the imaginaries of popular culture to materialize possible futures
Selecting the ones to explore further
Nicolas MINVIELLE– Professor of design and strategy at Audencia Business School since 2008. He is working closely with scientific and military experts to imagine the threats of tomorrow as part of the RED TEAM.
Module #4
Formulation of challenges
Definition of assumptions for scenario and world building
Current hypotheses (stretching the present to 2035) vs
Alternative hypotheses (what if it’s just different?) vs
Disruptive hypotheses (let’s imagine a macro rupture)
Andrew MERRIE – Researcher at the Stockholm Resilience Centre. Coordinator of Radical Ocean Futures · An #artscience project of the Stockholm Resilience Centre
Module #5
Definition of scenarios and possible worlds
Bundling hypotheses, develop proto-scenarios telling the story of possible futures
Produce narratives
Adrien RIVIERRE – Recognised expert in public speaking and storytelling.
Module #6
Generation of solutions in response to challenges
Draw from scenarios, in a transverse way, a panel of challenges / opportunities for the organization
Identify the actions to be taken to be ready for tomorrow’s world
Point to short-term actions and elaborate a medium-term innovation and transformation plan
Dr. Cécile WENDLING – Group Head of Foresight at AXA. With more than 15-year-experience in long term thinking, her role is to anticipate trends and disruptions that will impact the way people live and work in the future.
Module #7
Introduction to prototyping
Share methodological elements on prototyping
Feature one
Change the color to match your brand or vision, add your logo, choose the perfect layout, modify menu settings and more.
Feature two
Change the color to match your brand or vision, add your logo, choose the perfect layout, modify menu settings and more.
Samuel BERNIER – Designer and expert in manufacturing techniques
Module #8
Sci-fi prototyping
Show how prototypes allow to stage the answers to the challenges of our possible futures, to project them in a semi-realistic framework, in order to trigger action for future and favor debates on the present.
Test prototypes
Olivier WATHELET – Expert in anthropology and design fiction
Module #9
Pitch prototypes
Organize an event to pitch prototypes, raise awareness of the changes imagined
Then, set them in motion, involving all the partners of the course and possibly a wider audience
François GAILL – Emeritus Director of research in CNRS, in charge of the scientific board of the Ocean & Climate plateform