New reflections on speculative design: How can design be used to speculate on possible futures? What role does speculative design play in contemporary design practice and in the world we live in? In the 11th episode, James Auger, designer, educator and SpeculativeEdu partner, talks with Christian Zöllner about approaches, methods and tools for speculative design and its position in design education.

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James Auger is a designer, researcher and educator who uses practice-based design approaches to examine the meaning of existence in technology-rich environments today and in the near future. After graduating in Design Products from the Royal College of Art, he worked for the Madeira Interactive Technologies Institute, the Media Lab Europe and did his PhD. Parallel to his academic work, he is a partner in the speculative design practice collaboration of Auger-Loizeau. Their projects have been published and exhibited internationally. Auger currently lives and works in Paris.

Related links:

→ BURG Giebichenstein Kunsthochschule Halle

→ Hurra Hurra Festival

→ Auger-Loizeau

→ Auger-Loizeau projects on Vimeo

→ SpeculativeEdu project

→ Crap Futures Blog, Julia Hanna and James Auger

→ Interview with James Auger