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02:12 - "Design makes futures..."
02:56 - Futures, not Future
04:37 - Socio-technical systems
07:42 - Strategic Design-er-ing
11:44 - Futures → Design
21:02 - Avocational Pursuits
32:06 - Q: "How can futures/speculative design be applied to governments?"
33:57 - Q: "Can you clarify boundary objects?"
35:48 - Q: "Can you give an example of speculative design?"
38:01 - Q: "Do you ever look into the past to understand possible futures?"
40:20 - Q: "'Are there initiatives to involve youth in these topics?"

What is the relationship between systems, futures, and design thinking?

Adam Zeiner, senior strategic designer at the Design Institute for Health, will discuss applying a futures thinking mindset as a designer through utilizing futures methods + frameworks, largely from the fields of futures studies & strategic foresight.

About Speaker
Adam Zeiner is a strategic designer and avocational organizer focused on socially created "soft" systems and networks, integrating futures literacy into design practice, information architecture + visualization, and engaging w/ intimate communities of practice. Adam works with the Design Institute for Health at the University of Texas as a senior strategic designer.

Adam Zeiner’s Linkedin
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dezein/

About The Guild of Working Designers
The Guild of Working Designers is a group of designers working in the field, an opportunity to support, commiserate, and activate one another. We build things for the real world. We turn ideas into reality. We don't just make things look pretty. We solve real problems.

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