Welcome to our platform for speculative design, design sociology, pop culture theory, and accelerationism.
Speculative accelerationism (spec/acc or Sx.) is a way to cherish Fredric Jameson’s Baroque Sunbursts and take them as starting points. We use them to question current values and the status quo. Speculation is a tool to explore alternative realities. For us, it is closely related to the field of design sociology.
Our former publication is over here. We curate a list of links to inspirational sources. Our introduction to speculative design is here (beware: it’s an older course and needs updating). We participate in the Speculative Design minor at the Academy of Arts Maastricht.
Want to contribute? Drop editor-in-chief theo ploeg a line.
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