Recreating the Past Methodology to Design a Better Society for the Future

Abstract

With the omnipresence of design, our future is a visualization of further convergence of the world with technology as its nucleus. Professionals across all disciplines have been envisioning a future dependent on technology, where artificial intelligence, Internet of things (IoT), and big data form a multifaceted design universe. However, this paper challenges the notion of the future design methodology relying heavily on technological advancements and proposes the question of how design can borrow from the past and harness the power of reflective nostalgia to build a better society in future. The research discusses how design creativity and synthesis, driven by societal necessity in the past and customized user-centric exclusivity in the present, will rely on empathy, reassurance and security on a social level once again, in future. The research methodology and study conducted have been summarized to highlight how any product we have designed, became a part of an environment larger than us, taking up an intangible behavioral form, which came back to redesign us. Thus, reflecting on this past methodology and taking the traditional wisdom forward is paramount. The directions for further research have also been discussed.