Speculative Design for UX
DEC 6th 8:00AM PDT; 11:00AM EDT; 4:00 PM GMT; 8:30 PM IST
30 min
Speculative Design for UX Miniclass
Speculative design provides an opportunity to model and probe future scenarios. It can help teams imagine new and novel interactions while critiquing practical and ethical issues with design concepts. This approach can be ideal for Policy Design scenarios and emerging issues in AI for UX Design.
Why Speculative Design, why now?
See: The future is scary…(and here’s how to deal with it)
As we step into an AI-infused future, it is critical to debug ideas and trends while pushing boundaries of novel usage, sensibly. Speculative Design gives design teams more imaginative room to stress-test and explore prototypes of the future, or ‘visiontypes’. In this webinar Miniclass, Frank Spillers will share how you can explore future customer journeys and product-service designs through a futurecasting process.
Why this matters: AI is radically changing how we learn and work. UX design for AI will be critical in the coming decade to make it human-centered. What’s more, being future-proof in your designs and customer journey planning is essential. That’s where Speculative design can help.
What you’ll learn:
In this 30-minute webinar (Miniclass), you will learn how Speculative Design can be used to manage future scenarios, including modeling and planning future experiences. Frank Spillers will cover practical ways to incorporate Speculative design into the reality of business which typically focuses entirely on “the now”.
Topics we will cover in this Miniclass:
- What is the role of Speculative Design for UX?
- Debugging future scenarios & harm cases
- Using a Futurecasting process
- Deploying ‘visiontypes’
- Q&A
About Miniclasses:
A brief but deep-dive into a topic led by Frank Spillers. The sessions provide an orientation to key points on a topic. The sessions are FREE to members of the UX Inner Circle. Apply to join, or try it free for 30 days…(billing starts month 2, cancel anytime). Also, see: What kind of people join the UXIC?
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Who You will Learn From
Frank Spillers
Founder - UX Inner Circle
Frank Spillers, MS, founded the UX Inner Circle in 2020 to support senior practitioners facing complex challenges. The community exists to sharpen thinking, increase your confidence, and pressure-test real decisions. It’s built for people doing the work, not just talking about it. Frank founded an award-winning UX and Service Design consultancy (Experience Dynamics) and now leads UX and Service Design at numerous organisations, including the UK Government Digital Service. He has worked with and led teams to deliver hundreds of products and services over several decades. His work spans government, enterprise platforms, nonprofits, and global brands. He brings 25+ years as a senior UX and Service Design leader. His focus areas include Inclusive Design, accessibility, emotion-led design, cross-cultural UX, VR/AR, and UX leadership. His work has directly increased conversion by 88% and revenue by 300% for organizations including Nike, Microsoft, Intel, Capital One, Global Disability Rights Now!, the World Bank, and the City of New York.
