The Extrapolation Factory
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Hot on the heels of our last event we are hosting a special talk from visiting researcher Elliott Montgomery. Come by Ellery Studio for another edition of Speculative Futures Berlin!
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Elliott P. Montgomery will be presenting recent work by The Extrapolation Factory, a design-based research studio he founded with Chris Woebken in 2012. The design-based futures research studio develops experimental methods for collaboratively prototyping, experiencing, and impacting future scenarios.
Central to these methods is the creation of hypothetical future props and their deployment in familiar contexts such as 99¢ stores, science museums, vending machines and city sidewalks. With this work, the studio is exploring new territories for democratized futures by rapidly imagining, prototyping, deploying and evaluating visions of possible futures on an extended time scale.
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Elliott P. Montgomery is a design researcher and strategist and whose work focuses on speculative inquiries at the confluence of social, technological and environmental impact. He is an Assistant Professor of Strategic Design at Parsons School of Design in New York City, and co-founder of The Extrapolation Factory, a design-futures studio. He was a design research resident at the US Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency. He holds a Master's in Design Interactions from the Royal College of Art in London and a Bachelor's in Industrial Design from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.
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The event is free of charge. Snacks and beverages will be provided (w/ a donation for beers).
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