Towards the Realm of Materiality - Designing Philip K. Dick's Non-Existing Technologies

German A. Duarte; Andrea Facchetti; Seçil U?ur Yavuz

ISBN 10: 8880562614 / ISBN 13: 9788880562610

Published by Nero, 2024

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Paperback.Width: 11 cm. Height: 17cm. 338 pages. English text.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Towards the Realm of Materiality - Designing Philip K. Dick's Non-Existing Technologies
• Publisher: Nero
• Publication Date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 8880562614
• ISBN 13: 9788880562610
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New

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Synopsis

Philip K. Dick, one of the most prolific and visionary authors of the 20th century, crafted compelling visions of possible futures and dystopian realities teeming with humans, artificial intelligences, and more. Yet, the Dickian universe is more than just its characters—it’s a realm intricately built with technological devices, machines, and objects entirely conceived by this brilliant mind. How did Philip K. Dick envision these technologies, and through them, the future? And now, decades after his time, how should we perceive and interpret these tools? More intriguingly, how can we decode and reconstruct the creative process that led to the creation and “materialization” of these devices? Grounded in a multidisciplinary framework, this volume explores alternative designs and projects for some of the non-existing technologies described in Philip K. Dick’s oeuvre.