Last week I stumbled upon this Font Map from IDEO, enjoyed watching a short TED Talk on Fear-Setting, listening to episodes of Designer News Podcast, esp one featuring Mikael Cho, CEO/Founder of Unsplash (I have a very long commute and there a lot of good ones on that list, this is #12). Plus this fascinating read on how Slack is being used to fight crime!

This one is the SciFi and Design Issue. We have a long history and a love affair. And interestingly a penchant for complicated multi-dial or organic, intricate interfaces that flow, bend, extrude magically to our commands - without the need for any magic wand.

Plus, featuring our next DesignUp speaker and more events...

Pointing to the future of UI — www.ted.com

It's 15 years since Minority Report hit our screens and became the defacto reference point for interfaces of the future. In this talk from 2010, the film's science adviser and inventor John Underkoffler "demos g-speak -- the real-life version of the film's eye-popping, tai chi-meets-cyberspace computer interface." TED asks - Is this how tomorrow's computers will be controlled? I find it fascinating rewinding back to see the future predictions, this is no different!

Fantastical UI Design from Sci-Fi Movies - Core77

This one is a quick mashup of SciFi UI styles with loads of clips to keep fan boys (and girls) delighted. And for those of you who are not fans of this genre, its still worth a dekko anyway!

The Sci-Fi Guru Who Predicted Google Earth Explains Silicon Valley’s Latest Obsession

25 years ago, author Neal Stephenson wrote Snow Crash, "a cyberpunk exploration of then-futuristic technologies: mobile computing, virtual reality, wireless Internet, digital currency, smartphones, and augmented-reality headsets". 

Uncannily prescient, Stephenson is now Chief Futurist for MagicLeap and in this long read and "with the benefit of 25 years of hindsight, talks about the differences between augmented and virtual reality, how to create a convincing Metaverse, and why social media is driving us apart."

Design Lessons From A Century Of Sci-Fi — www.fastcodesign.com

More Interestingness

Blurring Is the Auto-Tune of UI Design, and Other Things We Thought About While Designing Wildcard 2.0... — www.subtraction.com

I have followed Khoi Vinh's blog subtraction, for many many years and his work as a Director of Design for NYTimes Online. Khoi recently cofounded Wildcard and this is a interesting take on being different, for better...

Technology Imitates Art: The rise of the conversational interface — www.typeform.com

You know the theme - but the real joy is in the experience. It's a long read, but worth a quick immersion!

DesignUp Speaker Announcement

Introducing DesignUp's next speaker: Justin Bolognino (the “g” is silent) or JB (esp given the Indian penchant for abbr.) JB's endeavours are threaded by experiential, real-time design and technology focused on revealing hidden human connections. The “Synchronicity Architect” is Founder and CEO of META.is, creator, designer and curator of The Lab at Panorama, founder of Learned Evolution, #FEED powered by Twitter and was Creative & Media Director at Brooklyn Bowl from its inception.

Justin's works are a surreal, or hyper-real blend of music, motion, projections and mixed reality—creating immersive experiences beyond screens in the now!

ADI: World Industrial Design Day

June 29- July 1, across India [paid] - ADI or The Association of Designers of India is celebrating World Industrial Design Day on June 29 at Mumbai, 30th at Pune and 1st July in Bangalore (I might have got those mixed up)! Check the ADI Facebook page for all the details...

IxDA Delhi Meetup

June 28, Wed Gurgaon [free] - the IxDA Delhi NCR chapter is organising a Design meetup - talks followed by networking, hosted by MakeMytrip at it's brand new CyberHub office.

Over and out - until next week,

@JDallcaps

PS: Hope to see you at the IxDA meetup in Gurgaon or the ADI event in Bangalore this week!