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critical prototyping table
A (conventional design) B (Dunne & Raby) C (ritical prototyping)
Affirmative Critical Propositional
Problem solving Problem finding Problem setting
Provides answers Asks questions Discovers questions
Design for production Design for debate Design for inquiry
Design as solution Design as medium Design as practice
In the service of industry In the service of society In the service of design
Fictional functions Functional fictions Exploratory fictions
For how the world is For how the world could be What is the world?
Change the world to suit us Change us to suit the world Change design to suit a context
Science fiction Social fiction Reflexive fiction
Futures Parallel worlds World building
The "real" world The "unreal" world The "imaginary" world
Narratives of production Narratives of consumption Narratives of interaction
Applications Implications Disruptions
Fun Humor Play
Innovation Provocation Invention
Concept Design Conceptual Design Embodied design
Consumer Citizen Culture
Makes us buy Makes us think Makes us think through making
Ergonomics Rhetoric Experience
User-friendliness Ethics Discovery
Process Authorship Research
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