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Design with value orientation and World view are increasingly the basis of envisioning the future scenarios. Exploring the value of design from the perspective of society and humanity, further guiding the direction of science and technology have gradually become one of the future development directions of human-computer interaction field. Design concepts such as design fiction and speculative design have evolved into useful tools for thinking about future directions and reflecting on the problems posed by technology. However, the current researches mainly focus on provoking thinking and developing from the perspective of criticizing reality. And has not yet formed a mature practical method which can guide the design practice. Therefore, this essay mainly discusses how to integrate the concept of Design fiction with interaction Design and service Design. Make it more conducive to promoting the innovation of existing smart products or services, and help designers generate more innovative ideas. This essay develops the content of Design fiction and forms a structured Design toolkits: Future vision generating toolkits, to guide students in teaching and research to conduct future-oriented research in the early stages of Design. After the application, the feedback is relatively successful, which also has a good guiding and promoting effect on the further design practice.
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The images used in this essay are from the works of students majoring in information design of Tsinghua University, and the feedback on the use of toolkits is from the students who participated in the interaction design course in 2020. We would like particularly to acknowledge all the members of the Interaction Design Course, along with He Xue, Zhao Zhexi, Lv Jiayi, Wang Jing, Wang Ke, Li Xiangyang, Yang Bolin, Zhou Wenxin, He Jiayi, Peng Chengyang, Zheng Zhi, Niu Yixuan, Xiang Chenzhuo and Li Hanxuan. Expressing our sincere thanks to their works.
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Fu, Z., Zhu, L. (2020). Envisioning the Future Scenario Through Design Fiction Generating Toolkits. In: Rau, PL. (eds) Cross-Cultural Design. User Experience of Products, Services, and Intelligent Environments. HCII 2020. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 12192. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49788-0_4
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