SPECULATIVE - Key Persons
Anab Jain is a designer, filmmaker, and co-founder of Superflux, a critically acclaimed foresight, design and technology innovation company. Her work has won awards from Apple Computers Inc., UNESCO, ICSID, and been exhibited at MoMA New York, V&A Museum, Science Gallery Dublin, National Museum of China amongst others.
Francisco Laranjo is a graphic designer based in London (UK) and Porto (Portugal). His writings have been published in Design Ob server, Eye, Grafik, among others. He is the editor of the design criticism journal Modes of Criticism (www.modesofcriticism.org).
James Auger is a designer employed as an Associate Professor at the Madeira Institute of Interactive Technologies (M-ITI), Portugal. In his research Auger uses design practice to question the role of technology in everyday life. His work has been published and exhibited internationally, including MoMA, New York; 21_21, Tokyo and the National Museum of China.
Job Titles:
- Speculation Is Part of Every Designers Practice
Michael Smyth is a researcher and educator working on the development of urban interaction design. He has been active in the fields of human computer interaction and interaction design since 1987. He is the co-editor of the book entitled "Digital Blur: Creative Practice at the Boundaries of Architecture, Design and Art".
Nikola Bojić is a designer and art historian. He is focused on design in the public domain and issues of interaction between people, objects and space. He understands design as a field for research, education and social and political criticism
Ramia Mazé is a researcher, educator and designer specializing in critical and participatory approaches to design for systems and products that alter social practices and public life. She is a Professor of New Frontiers in Design at the Aalto University in Finland.