On May 24th, AOS together with Nefula, performed  a one day workshop to explore Near Future Design methodology in the context of NextFest by Wired Italia.

NFD workshops are topic based: for NextFest we decided to investigate the near future of Riot, which turned out to be an highly interesting topic for the whole group.

About 20 participants from allover Italy formed a stimulating group who worked passionately to understand and apply NDF methodology.

Near Future Design workshop at NextFest

Near Future Design workshop at NextFest

After a general introduction, participants collaboratively explored Consensual Reality, Curious Rituals and State of the Art and Technology in order to produce the Future Map:

Near Future Design workshop at NextFest

Near Future Design workshop at NextFest: class at work

Near Future Design workshop at NextFest

Near Future Design workshop at NextFest: Future Map (detail)

In the design phase, two smaller group were formed with the aim to develop two separate concepts:

Near Future Design workshop at NextFest

Near Future Design workshop at NextFest: design phase

The result of the workshop, under the form of a the documentation produced, was given to the CS Cantiere in Milan: a work in progress “to be continued”, a small contribution to the current debate and possible evolution of new form of protest in social movement.

Near Future Design workshop at NextFest

Near Future Design workshop at NextFest: group photp