Imagining Futures Using Patterns
Visualizing the Absurd
People’s stories of remote work include the good, the bad, and the the strange. These various types of experiences will undoubtedly be carried forward into the future.
One thing’s for sure: Rules will exist; and people will try to get around them in creative ways. The people who design products will then deal with these situations in helpful and sometimes maybe not-so-helpful ways.
These following speculations aim to explore some of the quirky possible futures of remote work, and question them in ways that might unintentionally help us reflect on our present.
Scenario #1
Clothing Filters
What if remote work required that you not wear clothes to work at all?
Prototype
Click on the clothing options on the right to try them on.
Scenario #2
Contact Maze
What obstacles can be made so that it is very difficult to contact an employee after hours?
Prototype
Use the Arrow keys to navigate the boss’s phone icon through the maze towards the sleeping employee.
Scenario #3
Connection Concealer
How can you pretend that the internet is down?
Prototype
Click on the jamming device to activate it, re-click to deactivate it.
