Worldbuilding
by Sarah Drinkwater and · updated 16d ago
Worldbuilding
by Sarah Drinkwater and · updated 16d ago
Keely Adler added 16d ago
To me, BRAT has been the ultimate demonstration of cultural world-building, Energy marketing, designing a product and a campaign with its most extreme consumer and fan in mind, and the most acute demonstration of how irl Authenticator moments drive url interaction and amplification.
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Whether it is through a VR headset, the manipulation of projectors, or clever set design, immersion fulfills our desire for escapism, instantly transporting us to far-flung, exotic worlds conveniently differentiated by genre: aliens, dinosaurs, cowboys, zombies, steampunk. Excitement and wonder in a familiar imaginary, this mode of immersive entert
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thoughts on the creative tensions of Disneyland: between art and commerce, the child vs. the adult, what you can see vs. what’s hidden, and surrendering vs. control.
Keely Adler added 1mo ago
projects like Invisible Seattle and Loot prove that inventive and imaginative results can emerge from collaboration, producing works that defy easy categorization and commercialization.
Keely Adler added 1mo ago
What we need are visions of the future of technology that are values-driven, but we don’t need just design fictions. We need business model fictions, engineering feasibility study fictions, interop protocol specification fictions, investment return fictions.
Keely Adler added 1mo ago
Paradoxically, the most reliable method to envision and plan for futures, isn’t just studying and extrapolating scientific facts, historical developments, psychology and demography, but by building stories beyond our wildest imagination.
Keely Adler added 1mo ago
Sci-fi prototyping allows us to creatively explore and iterate how technology and social developments can shape and be shaped by the people who use it and explore its implications on the everyday lives of people.
Keely Adler added 1mo ago
The difference between a story and a scenario is the narrative arc. Stories are built around a main character the reader will sympathise with. Fictional stories have a kind of creative freedom that scenario’s do not have. This freedom allows creators ánd readers to explore the impact of technologies and developments on the daily lives of people (an
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