In this course we will investigate the ways in which design can be used as a practice of critique, speculation, and hypothetical proposition, suggesting other worlds or variations of our worlds. Students will learn and develop techniques and methods for identifying opportunities in existing complex systems and discovering ways to propose vivid, thought-provoking alternatives to those systems. The studio will consist of two main phases: the first is an exploration of speculative and futures-oriented methods and precedents, the second focused on a specific context. We will carry methods from the first phase into the second phase, creating opportunities for deeper and more focused research and reflection.