the method
Speculative design as educational tool
As AI becomes better at standard tasks, people need to focus on what machines can't do well: creative thinking, solving messy real-world problems, and having difficult conversations.
Speculative design helps develop these skills by using art and design to explore challenging questions and test out ideas in a safe way.
It's a practical method for training the kind of thinking we'll increasingly need.
Speculative design is a practice that uses design thinking to explore alternative futures and challenge assumptions about how the world works, creating provocative prototypes and scenarios that ask what if?, rather than solving immediate problems.
BlueShift Whale Farm leans heavily toward the art performance and science fiction end of this spectrum—it's meant to be playful, absurd, and inspiring, using the premise of farming 20 million blue whales as a way to spark imagination and critical thinking.
formats
Learning and development
Interactive sessions that use the BlueShift Whale Farm scenario to explore innovation thinking, challenge assumptions, and develop critical perspectives on technological solutions and sustainability for your corporate team.
For schools
Playful educational experiences where young people dive into speculative design, exploring science, creativity, and critical thinking through the absurd lens of farming blue whales for carbon capture.
Art Performance & Exhibition
An immersive speculative design installation that presents the whale farm as a provocative science fiction world, inviting audiences to question geoengineering fantasies while enjoying the spectacle.
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