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A Manifesto for Speculative Design Practice

January 2024

5 min readJan 1, 2024

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A Manifesto for Speculative Design Practice

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Viraj Joshi

Anomaly in the Rhythm

A short sci-fi story about technological body augmentation in a future where universal basic income is implemented across nations.

6 min readSep 19, 2023

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Anomaly in the Rhythm

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Viraj Joshi

Our absolute last hope is absolute

A short sci-fi story about an authoritarian artificial intelligence, and the future of our planet.

4 min readSep 19, 2023

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Our absolute last hope is absolute

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Viraj Joshi

Should we stop dreaming of Androids that Dream of Electric Sheep?

With Eliza — The Ghost in Every Machine

4 min readMar 12, 2023

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Should we stop dreaming of Androids that Dream of Electric Sheep?

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Viraj Joshi

Speculating ‘metaverse’ interactions with Eliza — The Ghost in Every Machine

Using science fiction and futures to inform design decisions for the ‘metaverse’.

4 min readApr 13, 2022

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Speculating ‘metaverse’ interactions with Eliza — The Ghost in Every Machine

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Viraj Joshi

Design Fiction and Design Futures

Whilst I see myself as a practitioner and doer; my futures projects have resulted in a series of pedagogical outputs like frameworks and…

5 min readNov 24, 2021

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Design Fiction and Design Futures

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Speculative Futures Stockholm

Making Up Design Fiction: An Express Method

Trends forecasting, world-building, and artefact creation conducted live at the Primer21 conference as a part of Postcards from the Future

5 min readAug 4, 2021

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Making Up Design Fiction: An Express Method

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Speculative Futures Rotterdam

World-Building Methods for Speculative Design and Fiction

From “Postcards from the Future Live” event by Viraj Joshi, at Speculative Futures Rotterdam.

5 min readFeb 9, 2021

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World-Building Methods for Speculative Design and Fiction

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The Startup

What Animal Crossing Taught Me About Data and Interaction Design

Hidden in Nintendo’s utterly charming digital diorama are great decisions around humanising data!

8 min readJan 6, 2021

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What Animal Crossing Taught Me About Data and Interaction Design

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Design Voices

The Doohickey

A case for dreaming alternate realities with design

5 min readFeb 26, 2020

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The Doohickey

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Viraj Joshi

Viraj Joshi

Designer, Technologist, Futurist • http://virajvjoshi.com • Currently: Fjord London. MA–Royal College of Art, MSc–Imperial College, London.

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