Kalyani Tupkary

In the 20th-century office, female file clerks were expected to handle papers — but not to understand their contents.

From the Near Future Laboratory, the definitive book describing in accessible and vivid detail the origins, evolution, and practice of design fiction: “ the practice of creating tangible and evocative prototypes from possible near futures, to help discover and represent the consequences of decision making.”

At this point you might be thinking: “It’s just a sketch or a wireframe. I do that all the time anyway.” But it’s a bit different. This is a sketch focused specifically on the content structure of a module, and the hierarchy and grouping of the elements.

They're tall. They're totally absurd. And they're everywhere.