Global challenges require rapid methods for long-term thinking. We developed Future Ripples, a workshop for innovation teams to map out the consequences of their work. Our method transforms the foresight process of scanning, framing and futuring into the metaphor of scanning the shore, choosing a pebble and creating ripples. Next to its practical use, our method activates anticipatory capacities through sophisticated futuring.

Will we in the future wear Memes? Nordic students already do. Despite two decades of HCI research on social wearables, we are yet to see widespread adoption. In our generative design research, we investigate the utilisation of social wearables in the students’ practice of wearing and adorning boiler suits. We found a variety of social interactions, including spamming and digital memes, as a concept for designers.

Dorsal Haptic Display is an automotive interface questioning how we perceive a car’s surroundings. Motors in a car seats backrest stimulate the driver’s back with a projection of rear obstacles. We conducted a first user study to prove basic functionality and presented our results at AutomotiveUI 2015 in Nottingham, UK, in September.