Vol. 10 No. 82 (2021)

Research Article

Design Fiction in Design Education: A Case Study on Student Projects

Published 2021-06-30

Cilt 10 Sayı 82 kapak

Abstract

Design fiction is a critical design approach which speculates on possible futures and forms technology-based visions on how future life might be and explains fictional worlds through the designed artefacts. Design fiction opens a free space to question current assumptions, operations, and systems. Design fiction is also used to create alternative worlds by moving away from various constraints, business expectations in particular, and to provide a convenient atmosphere for students to be able to think in a conceptual context, to develop new discourse, and to question their relation with reality. The present article argues that design fiction can be used as an instrument to question the position of design education in providing a labour force to the sector, and to move out of the structure of the design fiction that focuses on now and today. In this scope, the design fiction projects produced in the course of a Visual Communication Design Project will be examined, the methods used and the stages followed will be explained, and opinions will be presented on the possible angles of outcomes for students in design education.

Keywords Design fiction, design education, visual communication design, speculative design

Öz

Tasarım kurgusu, olası gelecekler üzerine spekülasyon yapan, gelecekteki yaşamın nasıl olabileceğine dair teknoloji odaklı vizyonlar oluşturan ve tasarlanan artifaktlar ile kurgusal dünyaları anlatan eleştirel bir tasarım yaklaşımıdır. Tasarım kurgusu, mevcut varsayımları, işleyişleri ve sistemleri sorgulamak için özgür bir alan açar. Ticari beklentiler başta olmak üzere pek çok kısıttan uzaklaşarak olası gelecekler üzerine spekülasyon yapmak ve alternatif dünyalar yaratmak için kullanılan tasarım kurgusu, öğrencilerin kavramsal bağlamda düşünebilmeleri, yeni söylemler geliştirebilmeleri ve gerçeklikle olan ilişkilerini sorgulayabilmeleri için uygun bir ortam sağlar. Bu makalede, tasarım eğitiminin sektöre iş gücü sağlayan konumunu sorgulamak, tasarım eğitiminin şimdiye ve bugüne odaklanan yapısının dışına çıkmak için tasarım kurgusunun bir araç olarak kullanılabileceği öne sürülmektedir. Bu kapsamda Görsel İletişim Tasarımı Proje dersinde üretilen tasarım kurgusu projeleri incelenecek, kullanılan yöntemler, izlenen aşamalar açıklanacak ve tasarım eğitiminde öğrencilere hangi açılardan kazanımlar sağlayabileceği üzerine görüşler sunulacaktır.

Anahtar Kelimeler Tasarım kurgusu, tasarım eğitimi, görsel iletişim tasarımı, spekülatif tasarım

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