Hi Will This is where I came across Futures Research (it's not a new thing; the article was published in 2003) http://tinyurl.com/2oluak
as the article cites - "...futures studies is the principled study of the possible, probable, and preferable future of institutions and societies, and the steps required to bring about those futures....Rather, futurists tend to look at futures that are 10 or more years away, examined through the lenses of demographics, technology, the social sciences, aesthetics, industry, geopolitics and ecology...Futures work can inform design in a powerful way by giving designers a playground, a set of methods, provocation and permission to think as broadly as possible." Hope this helps, Soo On Fri, 1 Feb 2008 00:59:54, Will Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Could you amplify your question - what is Futures Research? > > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > Posted from the new ixda.org > http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=25443 > > > ________________________________________________________________ > *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* > February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA > Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ > > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > -- "The details are not the details. They make the design' - Charles Eames **************************************************************************** Sunandini Basu Interaction Designer **************************************************************************** ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
