| Title | Matriarchal Design Futures |
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| Subtitle | A Collective Work in Progress |
| Contributor | Heather Snyder Quinn (author) |
| Ayako Takase (author) | |
| Landing page | https://adocs.de/en/buecher/design-theorie-praxis-open-accessebooks/attending-futures-matters-politics-design-education-research-practice |
| License | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ |
| Copyright | Heather Snyder Quinn, Ayako Takase |
| Publisher | adocs publishing |
| Published on | 2023-10-01 |
| Page range | pp. 231–241 |
| Print length | 11 pages |
| Language | English (Original) |
| Media | 6 illustrations |
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Heather Snyder Quinn (she/her) is usually where she “isn’t supposed to be.” You will find her playing in unexpected places, physical or virtual, and collaborat- ing with people from an array of backgrounds. Her work uses design fiction to empower communities to imagine possible futures and understand technology’s impact on human freedoms. The World Economic Forum, MIT Press, Yale Law School, The Washington Post, Hyperallergic, and NASA have recognized her work. Currently, she is editing Technologies of Deception, a publication bringing together art, design, technology, ethics, futurism, and policymaking. Heather is an Assistant Professor of Design Futures at Washington University and a mother of two daughters.
Ayako Takase (she/they) is a gender non-conforming Asian mother/parent in the US who is never perfectly here nor there. Ayako is a fluid designer and educator who centers their practice on creating experiences and objects that foster meaningful, emotive connections with people, culture, and audiences. Ayako is a co-founder and director of Observatory, a multi-disciplinary design studio based in Providence, RI. Observatory relies foremost on an intuitive process that allows a natural interplay of form and function in their designs. The studio’s work has earned numerous awards with leading companies such as Herman Miller, Google, and Procter & Gamble. Ayako is also an Associate Professor at Rhode Island School of Design and graduate program director of the Industrial Design department. She teaches hands-on studios focusing on audience-centric, emotive, and iterative design.