{"id":1553,"slug":"design-fiction","name":"design fiction","type":"concept","created_at":"2026-08-08T04:42:35.487042+00:00","hidden":0,"aliases":[],"episodes":[{"id":"bb92f080-654c-4a22-b46d-3928a9c00dd9","slug":"s11e38-metalabels-or-geocities-brands-and-old-mode","subject":"s11e38: Metalabels, or: Geocities Brands, and Old Mode","title":"Metalabels, or: Geocities Brands, and Old Mode","publish_date":"2022-04-21T16:58:05.688409+00:00","year":2022,"month":4,"season":11,"episode":38,"episode_label":"s11e38","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/s11e38-metalabels-or-geocities-brands-and-old-mode/","is_premium":0,"word_count":1688,"context":" … The last one I went to was on\n<mark>Design Fiction</mark>\n, the general schtick is that\nJulian\ngives the attendees a brief and then we shuffle off to our … ","reading_minutes":8},{"id":"c61a06c7-a27d-4252-a652-a6f63f15b43c","slug":"s11e27-look-mum-im-futuring","subject":"s11e27: Look Mum, I'm Futuring!","title":"Look Mum, I'm Futuring!","publish_date":"2022-04-06T23:42:12.843624+00:00","year":2022,"month":4,"season":11,"episode":27,"episode_label":"s11e27","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/s11e27-look-mum-im-futuring/","is_premium":0,"word_count":1123,"context":" … I mean, there's the Good Place of \"Hey! 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