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The best Speculative Design newsletters

4 newsletters, ranked by editorial quality and how recently they published. Looking for something more specific? Search instead.

worldbuilding.agency· weekly· Published 4 days ago

A foresight and futures research journal with weeknotes from a Malmö-based writer, combining personal reflection, reading notes and essays on speculative design and the culture of technology. Readers get long-form essays on futures thinking alongside informal notes on books, links and upcoming events.

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davidnunez.com· irregular· Published 2 days ago

Personal newsletter from David Nuñez, a designer and explorer who builds small experiments and speculative artifacts at the intersection of technology and human life. Issues cover a puppy-tracking app he built for his household and reflections on how people talk to machines, drawing on the history of phone phreaking.

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designcriticalthinking.com· irregular· Published 7 months ago

A collection of speculative and critical essays on design, systems thinking and organizational ideology, drawn from a design research collective. Readers get abstract, philosophical takes on design's future, memory and BCI prototypes, though the writing is often dense and experimental.

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strikepod.com· irregular· Published 4 days ago

Strikepod Systems is a newsletter imagining small, drone-like naval strike platforms, presented through a manifesto, analysis of anti-surface warfare effects, and expeditionary operations concepts. Readers get speculative military design and tactical thinking framed as a fictional or concept-driven defense company.

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