A light, but wide dive into Design-Futures

We'll be joined by a panel of educators and practitioners, who are actively contributing to the field of Design-Futures, in a series of short lightning presentations, followed by Q&A discussions.

We are grateful to Jake Dunagan, Tamie Glass, José de la O, Kelly Kornet, Dana 'Doc' Martens, and Jack Wilkinson for making the time to engage with us.

ℹ️ Agenda ℹ️
7:00 - 7:10

• Arrive, gather, mingle, settle in
• Intro from Spec Futures Austin organizers

7:10 - 7:35

• Lightning Presentation 1 from Jake + Tamie
• Q&A Discussion w/ Attendees

7:35 - 8:00

• Lightning Presentation from José
• Q&A Discussion w/ Attendees

8:00 - 8:25

• Lightning Presentation from Kelly
• Q&A Discussion w/ Attendees

8:25 - 8:50

• Lightning Presentation from Dana + Jack
• Q&A Discussion w/ Attendees

8:50 - 9:00

• Wrap Up
• Closing Remarks + Announcements

👥 About our Panelists 👥
Kelly Kornet: As a participatory futurist and designer, Kelly finds meaning in creating the conditions for individuals to step out of their day-to-day and collaborate in highly diverse teams to perceive and affect change. Using the tools of collaborative design, systems thinking and strategic foresight, she helps organizations build capacity to navigate and transform in uncertain times.

Jake Dunagan: As an originator of experiential futures, Dr. Jake Dunagan has been at the forefront of the practice and pedagogy of the field for the last 15 years. Jake brings both theoretical rigor and hands-on practical knowledge to his work. He has taught and mentored design futures students for over 10 years at leading institutions around the world such as the University of Texas' Center for Integrated Design and MA in Design in Health, California College of the Arts' Design Strategy MBA program, and CENTRO in Mexico City.

Tamie Glass: Trained in architecture and interior design, Tamie Glass is a practicing designer, aspiring futurist, and an associate professor in the School of Design and Creative Technologies. She is the faculty director for the new MA in Design focused on design in health program, and her research and teaching address designing for human behavior.

José de la O: Trained as an industrial designer and with a Master’s in Conceptual Design from Design Academy Eindhoven, de la O is the creative force behind the delaO design studio. He has an epistemological approach to design in which he studies its role in society and visualizes future possibilities of how technology could impact society.

Dana 'Doc' Martens: Dana Martens is a designer, creative technologist, maker, teacher, life-long student and geek working to educate and empower communities to embrace the potential of emerging technologies for social impact. They currently work as a UX Designer at Teach for America by day and an Adjunct Professor at Parsons School of Design by night, designing educational initiatives and consulting on the role of technology-led design for social impact entrepreneurship.

Jack Wilkinson: I’m Jack, an innovation strategist and design futurist. I am currently a Senior Strategist at Jam3, a global experience design agency where I lead research, strategy, and the design of innovative experiences and new offerings. On the board of the Design Futures Initiative, I spread speculative design and futures-oriented creative practices through our annual conference, PRIMER, and our international network of meet-ups, Speculative Futures. Most recently I have designed a curriculum to teach Design Futuring in partnership with the Kedge Futures School.

💰Sponsors💰
Thank you to Capital Factory for sponsoring physical event space and offering to support virtual event space via Webex for Austin Speculative Futures in 2021.