Speculating the "Future of Government" 2030+
ORGANISATIONS INVOLVED
European Commission Joint Research Centre
Poli.Design, Politecnico di Milano
RESPONSIBILITIES
Concept Development,
Design process management,
Presentation
The Process
The design process was structured in 3 phases - Idea Generation JAM, Idea Development, and Idea Delivery.
We were divided in groups of 4-5 designers.
Each group was asked to develop 2 concepts during this process. The video below gives a glimpse into the process.
The Opportunity
We had the occasion to develop new visions of how governments, citizens and the emerging societal stakeholders could imagine and design together “preferable” future government/governance models and practices.
To develop these concepts, as part of a fictional framework happening on the city scale, the Specializing Master in Service Design developed the inspirational idea of Hyper Neomunicipalism. We described it as a future scenario in which networks of technologically enhanced cities will play a central political role on an international scale.
The Concept #1
Rebirth is a data-driven system run by a private enterprise that enables international mobility. It offers a means for people without the proper documentation to obtain a legal footprint, thus empowering them to change their fate.
Government partners with a private enterprise to administer the system. The enterprise relocates the immigrants to suit the demand of private companies, which employ them.
It also offers support and provides to basic necessities in the new country, and manages integration with social infrastructure.
Governments guarantee legal citizenship to those enrolled in the program in exchange for data tracking to monitor immigration flow.
The Concept #2
The Consumption Show is a system that benchmarks and visualizes individual citizens’ waste, energy and water performance through an open dashboard.
Making this data visible places a new social construct on environmental responsibility, directly affecting citizenship rights.
In fact, the system creates a framework for individuals, companies, and governments to make decisions based on individual performance, thus rewarding or penalizing citizens via access (or lack thereof) to products and services.
The Presentation at the European Commission
