Tomorrow’s Narratives is a design tool borrowed from the world of service design, where we look into the future, the future our project will be launched into and envision what this will look like. We can do this in a number of ways including creating mock-up news articles, reviews, app store product pages or advertisements for our project.
It allows us to think about the true aims of our project and where we want it to land when launched, this exercise can also be used as part of a team to allow everyone to align their visions for the project. It also allows us to look ahead to the completion of the project and can be used to remind ourselves of the original goals of the project.
There is more information on Tomorrow’s Narratives here: *https://servicedesigntools.org/tools/tomorrows-narratives Last Accessed 20/02/24*
This was another exercise we completed during Week 3’s class and it was a fun exercise as there was a visual element to it in creating the mock-up. I decided that as I wanted my project to be used by volunteers and staff meeting displaced persons for the first time and with the stories around immigration and displaced people coming to the UK being a hot political topic and often in the news that creating a mock-up of a BBC News Online article would be a good fit.
I concentrated on the headline selecting a suitable title image and the image caption to give my mock-up the genuine feel. I looked at some BBC articles to make sure that my tone and voice would fit with the style of their usual content. I decided to frame my article as a story looking at the launch of my app rather than as an opinion on it. I looked at as that this would be the article I would want to see on the launch of my app.
Here is my Tomorrow’s Narrative for this project:
I really enjoyed this exercise, it felt like I was making my project real and after doing a lot of research it felt good to give my project some structure and to think of its potential impact and reach. It was also fun to create a visual piece making it look like a genuine BBC News article and I really like that I now have a visual asset that I can look to for inspiration for the rest of my project.