CASE STUDY

Design Fiction
Ananya Jain
https://www.globalfutureslab.com/shutter-out

Intention of project

Diegetic Elements: Shutter Out

• Sign Language
• Khamosh Café
• Shutters- People choosing silence

http://www.ageucate.com/blog/noise-health-hazard-seniors-dementia/

Critique:

• Words can be misinterpreted because of lip reading

• Language will be forgotten
• Sign language will be the norm

Context:
• Noise Pollution
• India, noise wise, is one of
the most polluted countries
in the world.
 Intention of project:
A device to track your social
media accounts and release FOMO Breather
soothing gas on
hyperventilation
Diegetic Elements:
• FOMO prototype
• Social Media sites
• Electronic gadgets Critique:

• The software of the device can store personal

information
• Is the gas safe for repetitive consumption?
• Will the person carry this gadget everywhere?

Context:
http://www.tatianatoutikian.com/fictions
• FOMO – Fear Of Missing Out
• Growing importance of social
media and growing anxiety
• Polished standards of life

https://www.brainblogger.com/2017/12/27/social-media-anxiety-disorders-whats-going-on-in-the-brain/
http://www.tatianatoutikian.com/fictions

Intention of project
Designed to translate and emit the
sound waves of speech into a language Speechwave
that ‘emojified’ people can understand.

Diegetic Elements:
• Speechwave Transmitter Device
• Language spoken

Critique:

• Miscommunication
• Wrong interpretation of emojis
• People will forget actual language/words

https://www.mirror.co.uk/tech/emoji-you-should-never-use-11980759

Context:
• Increasing usage of emojis
https://jayeshkawli.ghost.io/add-image-to-uilabel-with-swift-ios/
instead of words