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Academy/Design Fiction Lab
Module 04

Catalogues and narratives

Product catalogues, speculative storytelling and diegetic media: telling the future with formats we already know.

01

The future catalogue

The Bleecker/Near Future Laboratory method and IKEA-style catalogues for products that do not yet exist.

8 min3 resources
02

Speculative storytelling

Narrative arcs that open debate without falling into dystopian paralysis.

9 min3 resources
03

Diegetic media

Packaging, manuals, advertising, UI screenshots and newspaper articles from the future.

8 min3 resources

Quiz — Catalogues and narratives

Test your understanding of Module 04 key concepts: future catalogues, speculative storytelling and diegetic media.

5 questions
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