About us
This is a group for those interested in Speculative Design, Critical Design,Design Fiction, Discursive Design, Strategic Foresight and Futurism, Science Fiction and any vision or approach which involves using design as a vehicle to speculate about potential futures and the strategies we employ. We'll be hosting speakers—practitioners, teachers, students, and other professionals who will be talking about work or methods in this topic. We'll also be hosting workshops which will allow you to learn how to conduct and apply futures design thinking in a variety of circumstances as a method of synthesis and strategy.
Upcoming events
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AI x Creative Industry: The Space Between Idea and Form
3 Embarcadero Center, San Francisco, Ca, USExploring how AI reshapes creative expression — and how ideas take form in an evolving medium, with industry leaders from ByteDance and BytePlus.
The session includes a light interactive moment to reflect on how ideas can be translated into form through emerging creative tools.
## Guest Speaker:
Jinghao Lu
- Head of V-Start Global Incubator, Bytedance | LLM & GPU Partnerships | Head, Global Incubator ProgramJoyce Cheng
- BytePlux Partner BD Lead, AI Video Generation (Seedance) | AI Image (Seedream) | Recommendation Engine | Voice API | North AmericaWendy Di Wang
- Organizer of Speculative Futures San Francisco, Founder of Solux City##
## Agenda (2–2.5 Hours)
2:00 – 2:30 PM
Arrival & Networking
Guest check-in, drinks, and informal introductions
2:30 – 2:40 PM
Opening Remarks
Context setting: creativity, narrative, and emerging mediums
2:40 – 3:10 PM
Speaker Conversation
Perspectives on AI, creative expression, and storytelling
3:10 – 3:50 PM
Interactive Discussion / Workshop
Exploring how ideas take form across different creative approaches
3:50 – 5:00 PM
Networking & Closing
Open conversation and connectionIn every technological era, new mediums reshape how ideas take form.
The age of AI introduces new conditions for creativity, influencing how narratives are constructed, how expression evolves, and how individuals bring ideas into the world. Creative expression has always evolved alongside new mediums.
From photography to cinema to digital networks, each technological shift reshapes how ideas take form and how meaning is constructed. Rather than focusing on tools themselves, this session invites reflection on how emerging mediums influence imagination, authorship, and narrative possibilities. Technology is approached not as a replacement for human creativity, but as part of an expanding landscape in which new forms of expression continue to emerge.
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