Matthew Pilling
Lecturer in ArchitectureThesis Outline
I use Speculative Design, more specifically Design Fiction, as a way of exploring futures for emerging technologies and societies relationships with them. My research is concerned with developing visual tools to help engage the public in futures research, to help guide discussions, and to reveal the existing underlying social structures, necessary to describe alternative social imaginaries.
This research contributes to the emergent field of Social Futures research, through the development and analysis of Graphic Social Futures as a method to democratise the construction and discussion of possible futures. These Graphic Social Futures work by exposing possible flawed futures, and provoking debate on how things could, or should be, and encourages consideration for how we get there.
E3: Edge of Reality (ER)
01/04/2022 → 28/02/2023
Research
E3: IAA ESRC EPSRC: The Repair Shop 2049: Exploring the Role of Physical-Digital Technologies in Shaping Future Local Sustainable Repair Ecosystems
01/12/2021 → 31/08/2022
Research
Experiencing the Future Mundane
01/09/2019 → 30/09/2023
Research
Bluedot Festival 2023
Festival/Exhibition/Concert
Bluedot Festival 2023
Festival/Exhibition/Concert
Bath Digital Festival 2023
Festival/Exhibition/Concert
The National Festival of Making 2023
Festival/Exhibition/Concert
Caravan from the Future
Festival/Exhibition/Concert
ESRC Festival of Social Science 2022
Festival/Exhibition/Concert
Digital Design Weekend @V&A for London Design Festival
Festival/Exhibition/Concert
British Science Festival 2022
Festival/Exhibition/Concert
Bluedot Festival 2022
Festival/Exhibition/Concert
The National Festival of Making 2022
Festival/Exhibition/Concert
IAA EPSRC ESRC Repair Shop 2049 Workshop 2
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Ethical Dilemma Cafe as part of Mozilla Festival 2022
Festival/Exhibition/Concert
IAA EPSRC ESRC Repair Shop 2049 Workshop 1 (Online)
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
AI: more than human
Festival/Exhibition/Concert
- ISF PhD
- Makers
- Sustainability and Repair
- Worldbuilding