How Can I Think Like A Fish If I Am Not A Fish? Considerations On How Journeying Between Self-Centeredness and Otherness Is Vital for Design Futuring

This article reflects on a series of experiments conducted within a Danish master’s program geared towards design futuring. These experiments explored designerly ways to welcome otherness, i.e., diverse viewpoints, needs, and ways of being. Our findings suggest that our mind journeys between a habitual state of self-centeredness and a state that is more open to embracing otherness. Design futuring education should focus on cultivating mindsets that are passionate about otherness, as they hold the potential to challenge self-centeredness and accompanying notions of narrow-mindedness and short-termism.