Global challenges call for rapid methods that support long-term thinking. We developed Future Ripples, a workshop for innovation teams to map out the consequences of their work. Our method structures the foresight process of scanning, framing and futuring through the metaphor of scanning a shore, choosing a pebble and creating ripples. Beyond its practical use, our method develops anticipatory capacities through structured 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 use 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.