The temperament of this book: Through the first chapter one can roughly feel the temperament of the whole book. The main point it emphasizes is that design imagination should detach itself from reality. Actually, this somewhat goes off track from … Continue reading →

The opening began with a children’s singing and dancing performance about protecting the Earth and saving the future. Then a 91-year-old vegetarian doctor gave a talk about environmental protection and design, focusing purely on climate and planetary survival. Later I … Continue reading →

About the period when Japan resisted the American cultural assimilation of its own culture, that was probably around fifty years ago. The folk art movement in Japan actually began quite early. Many of the things that China is now starting … Continue reading →

Defining Design, Naming Design At first, I just felt a bit uncomfortable seeing someone carefully defining and introducing the term “speculative design,” a phrase that even input methods can hardly recognize. But I did not expect that people would also … Continue reading →

The event started on Wednesday evening, held at a bar in Beijing about a ten-minute walk from a tourist area. The nearby tourist streets were crowded, but the area around the bar was almost deserted. There were only three people … Continue reading →

I have found that during my design research process, I often find myself in a self-contradictory iteration. This is essentially dialectics, negating the negation of the past. However, the core of this contradictory situation lies in the lack of practice. … Continue reading →

Previously, I mentioned that the game experience I aim to create is one of creation, where materiality—i.e., the worldview framework—serves as a critical guiding clue. This article will briefly discuss two themes: elements of co-creation and the potential content the … Continue reading →

This reflection stems from the narrative strategies employed by some mainstream games. In some experiences, you feel like an outsider helping NPCs; in others, you think that what the NPCs say and do, along with your exploration, is closely related … Continue reading →

There are countless design-based card games, with numerous designers attempting to reflect their worldviews or methodologies through these games. However, how many of these games are genuinely engaging? How can these card games generate interest and resonate globally, akin to … Continue reading →

The main point I gathered about the planetary reference is that we live on different ‘Earths’—one represented by a globe of trade, another centered on security and conservatism (the Earth), and a future Earth planning massive migrations. People understand the … Continue reading →