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TY - GEN
T1 - A Toaster for Life
T2 - DRS 2016 : Future Focused Thinking
AU - Stead, Michael
N1 - This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
PY - 2016/6/27
Y1 - 2016/6/27
N2 - This paper presents a design fiction created by the author – the Toaster For Life. The design is an initial prototype that seeks to embody Sterling’s concept of spimes which when viewed simply, are a class of near future, sustainable, manufactured objects designed to make the implicit impacts of a technological product’s entire lifecycle more explicit to its potential users. This paper argues that when properly understood, spimes act as a rhetorical device that can be used as a lens through which designers can speculate and reflect upon sustainable technological product futures whilst also critiquing the unsustainable production and consumption practices that define our current lifestyles. To make this case, the paper contextualises the Toaster For Life in relation to the spimes concept, the unsustainability of Internet of Things products and sustainable design praxis; and reflects upon the design fiction methodology used to highlight the potential benefits of such an approach.
AB - This paper presents a design fiction created by the author – the Toaster For Life. The design is an initial prototype that seeks to embody Sterling’s concept of spimes which when viewed simply, are a class of near future, sustainable, manufactured objects designed to make the implicit impacts of a technological product’s entire lifecycle more explicit to its potential users. This paper argues that when properly understood, spimes act as a rhetorical device that can be used as a lens through which designers can speculate and reflect upon sustainable technological product futures whilst also critiquing the unsustainable production and consumption practices that define our current lifestyles. To make this case, the paper contextualises the Toaster For Life in relation to the spimes concept, the unsustainability of Internet of Things products and sustainable design praxis; and reflects upon the design fiction methodology used to highlight the potential benefits of such an approach.
KW - Spimes
KW - Sustainable Product Design
KW - Internet of Things
KW - Design Fiction
U2 - 10.21606/drs.2016.455
DO - 10.21606/drs.2016.455
M3 - Conference contribution/Paper
VL - 8
T3 - Proceedings of DRS 2016
SP - 3049
EP - 3068
BT - Proceedings of Design Research Society Conference 2016
A2 - Lloyd, Peter
A2 - Bohemia, Erik
PB - Design Research Society
Y2 - 27 June 2016 through 30 June 2016
ER -