Pushing The Needle: The Power of Speculative Design

Think that design has the power to create a better tomorrow? Speculative design is a design method focused on addressing society's biggest issues and looking towards the future. Understand how it can empower the designers to develop solutions, products and approaches that could pave the way for workable solutions to today’s most pressing challenges and affect future policy or perhaps give a vision of a future that forces us to redress our current course. 

• Becky Miller, Service Designer, Policy Lab, The UK Government Cabinet Office 
• Benedict Hartl, Director, Opposite Office