Matthew Pilling

Lecturer in Architecture

Thesis 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