Scenario Thinking

 As a designer, I would inform my co-workers or assistants about scenario thinking and start to work around the idea. I would base my work around the idea of "what can I make that will impact the future in a positive way and not just tomorrow." In today's society, many large corporations use the idea of scenario thinking, such as car manufacturers. These companies are now working towards the more "green" aspect of the car so we can lessen the damage to our environment to improve or at least not hurt our future anymore.

One of the biggest problems in our world today is non-recyclable goods. In today's society, we have manufacturers making products for consumers. Yes, these products might be everyday necessities but, a lot of times they aren't. Regardless, every product being manufactured isn't being manufactured based on recyclability but rather how can we make something to sell it the best. Once a product is bought, it is obviously put to use, but for how long? Sometimes a year or two, or a few months. However, there is products that only get used once then thrown away. Once something is thrown away and not recycled, it goes to landfills. Currently, there are landfills all over the world, and they just keep growing. These landfills give of terrible fumes that can be hazardous but were not doing anything about it? If we were to start basing every design around being green and recyclable and then manufacturing these products, our world someday could possibly stop being hurt. By not doing so, we are simply hurting our own futures. Maybe someday with this way of thinking, we won't have to worry about our air quality or land quality as much as we do today.

Scenario thinking to me is simply pondering the fact that what we do today will impact tomorrow. Thinking about it as an idea made me think of where I used it most recently. Most recently we used this idea in EDSGN 100 to come up with ideas that will help make a car more green, connected, and safe for DELPHI.