Lectures, links, and resources related to Analyzing Trends, a course developed to assist current and future design leaders understand how to leverage cultural change towards better futures.
Analyzing Trends at Parsons School of Design (PSDS 3121)
Course Outline/Sample Lectures
- An Introduction to Analyzing Trends
- Foresight Research Frameworks
- Decoding Language and Meaning
- Mapping Knowns & Unknowns
- Mapping Archetypes and Stories
- Patterning the Meaning of Space
- Foresight & Speculative Design
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Past Guest Speakers
- Richard Yonck – author of Future Minds
- Scott Smith/Changeist – author of How to Future
- Bronwyn Williams/Flux Trends – author of The Future Starts Now
About the Instructor
Tim Stock is the co-founder of scenarioDNA, a foresight consultancy and teaches trend analysis and design thinking at Parsons School of Design. He is the co-inventor of a patented methodology of Culture Mapping that analyzes patterns in culture using computational linguistics and machine learning to visualize trend narratives and forecasts.
