Desirability of Imagined Futures: Human-Centered Design and Analysis

The future is known to be uncertain. Uncertainty is an inherent aspect of the future and impacts future predictions. Designers often require analyzing current situations to identify complexities, deficiencies, pain points etc., to gain empathy and insights as the basis for preferred Human-Centered Design (HCD) solutions. When creating preferred HCD design solutions for the near future or long-term future, designers face the unforeseen and unprecedented constraints of the future, which require careful analysis from the future perspective. Designing human-centered focused, futuristic systems is challenging. There is no abundant published literature to support specific and effective human-centered focused futuristic systems design. Generally, designers follow one or many HCD methods they frequently use for futuristic design without significantly considering futuristic aspects. This paper discusses current futuristic models and presents a human-centered design and analysis approach to design effective and desirable futuristic systems.