<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;From prototyping futures to designing artifacts solely for discussion, tune in to explore the idiosyncratic—but important—field of speculative design. In this episode, host Travis Neilson sits down with Philip Battin and Curtis Flanagan from Seed Studio, a Google design team working on future-forward creative concepts for human-centered technology. In this&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;intriguing conversation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;, the trio unpack what it means to rehearse the future to inform the present.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Handy links for this episode:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;Explore&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://www.blog.google/technology/design/a-space-for-being-salone-del-mobile-milan/"&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;“A Space for Being”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;from Salone del Mobile in Milan 2019&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Read&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://books.google.com/books?id=9gQyAgAAQBAJ&amp;printsec=frontcover&amp;dq=speculative+everything&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=0ahUKEwiQgouCm_HiAhWQd98KHUz8CN8Q6AEIKzAA#v=onepage&amp;q=speculative%20everything&amp;f=false"&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Speculative Everything: Design, Fiction, and Social Dreaming&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;by Anthony Dunne and Fiona Raby&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Watch &lt;a href= "https://play.google.com/store/movies/details/Her?id=C51B50Qh6sI&amp;hl=en_US"&gt; HER&lt;/a&gt; on Google Play&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Meet our guests:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/in/philipbattin/"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;Philip Battin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;currently leads strategic design and innovation for Seed Studio. Previously he worked as a design strategist on Google Glass at Google X.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/curtisflanagan/"&gt;Curtis Flanagan&lt;/a&gt; is an art director at Seed Studio. Before joining Google, he was a senior designer at Red Antler and Ideas On Purpose.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Method Podcast from Google Design

Google Design

Philip Battin & Curtis Flanagan, Seed Studio

JUN 25, 201926 MIN
Method Podcast from Google Design

Philip Battin & Curtis Flanagan, Seed Studio

JUN 25, 201926 MIN

Description

From prototyping futures to designing artifacts solely for discussion, tune in to explore the idiosyncratic—but important—field of speculative design. In this episode, host Travis Neilson sits down with Philip Battin and Curtis Flanagan from Seed Studio, a Google design team working on future-forward creative concepts for human-centered technology. In this intriguing conversation, the trio unpack what it means to rehearse the future to inform the present. Handy links for this episode:Explore “A Space for Being” from Salone del Mobile in Milan 2019Read Speculative Everything: Design, Fiction, and Social Dreaming by Anthony Dunne and Fiona RabyWatch HER on Google Play Meet our guests:Philip Battin currently leads strategic design and innovation for Seed Studio. Previously he worked as a design strategist on Google Glass at Google X. Curtis Flanagan is an art director at Seed Studio. Before joining Google, he was a senior designer at Red Antler and Ideas On Purpose.