What would TV be like if it were….?

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[ Submitter's Name ] Libby Miller
[ Submitter's Affiliated Organisation ] BBC R&D
[ Submitter's Twitter ] @libbymiller

[ Space ] cities
[ Format ] hands-on

Description

This is a facilitated small space, designed to look like part of a living room, which uses Design Fiction props to get people to think about what they want from the TV of the future. We use attractive objects (fake packaging, instructions), printouts (hopefully in the form of glossy magazines), and a video to describe possible directions for TV. These are designed to make the future objects feel real, so people can make informed decisions about tradeoffs between privacy and convenience, and filtered content and the difficulties of choice. We may have some semi-working physical devices too.

Agenda

This would be a fixed part of the space, staffed.
Setup: a TV, a small sofa and a low coffee table.

Participants

People would get involved as they move through the space, as few or as many as are interested (we ran this at the V&A and got 80 written responses).

Outcome

Cards about the future of TV for us; interesting ideas and thinking from participants.