Kalyani Tupkary
@kalyanitupkary
I design objects and interfaces - sometimes real, sometimes fictional.
Kalyani Tupkary
kalyanitupkary.com
From the Near Future Laboratory, the definitive book describing in accessible and vivid detail the origins, evolution, and practice of design fiction: â the practice of creating tangible and evocative prototypes from possible near futures, to help discover and represent the consequences of decision making.â
Chris Frey ⢠The Manual of Design Fiction
Is there a âRosebudâ object in your past? A long-vanished thing that lingers in your memoryâwhether you want it to or not? As much as we may treasure the stuff we own, perhaps just as significant are the objects we have, in one way or another, lost. What is it about these bygone objects? Why do they continue to haunt us long after theyâve vanished
... See moreRob Walker ⢠Lost Objects: 50 Stories About the Things We Miss and Why They Matter
A first step is to entertain possible selves:29 identify some people you admire within or outside your field, and observe what they actually do at work day by day. A second step is to develop hypotheses about how these paths might align with your own interests, skills, and values. A third step is to test out the different identities by running
... See moreAdam Grant ⢠Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know
Tomorrow Happens
tomorrow-happens.studio
Developing taste is an exercise in vulnerability: it requires you to trust your instincts and preferences, even when they donât align with current trends or the tastes of your peers. Because while having taste is cool, taste itself reflects a certain type of uncool earnestness â a commitment to oneâs own obsessions and quirks.
Elizabeth Goodspeed on the Importance of Taste â And How to Acquire It
A writing example: when I look back in my notes I realize so much of what I write about today I was ruminating about 2-3 years ago. I always knew what I was going to say. I just didnât have the tools, I didnât have the maturity, I didnât have the language or sensitivity to beauty to recognize what that was. So much of what I learned was latent,... See more
Nix ⢠things that take time
Uchronia
uchronia.world
Time and Future of time