Speculative Futures: Design Approaches to Navigate Change, Foster Resilience, and Co-Create the Cities We Need

How the emerging field of speculative futures can help us dream—and build—better, sustainable, and more equitable cities for everyone.

Speculative futures—design approaches that help us visualize new and potential worlds—move us beyond what currently exists into what could one day be. Inspired by art, film, fiction, and industrial design, they use speculation to provoke, imagine, and dream into what lies ahead.

Written for futurists, urbanists, and artists looking to enact city-wide transform...