Sabrina Hauser
Audrey Desjardins
Ron Wakkary
ABSTRACT
This work describes a design fiction project on envisioning a sustainable university campus in the future. The fictional vision called SFUture was carried out through a series of five short films aiming to unlock people's imagination, encourage reflection, and inspire action towards a more sustainable reality at SFU (Simon Fraser University). We discuss our rationale and strategies of using design fiction as a method as well as how we shared the project.
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Diegetic prototypes of this design fiction. Physical artifacts presented as auxiliary materials alongside the paper and films.
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- Sfuture: envisioning a sustainable university campus in 2065
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