Trends as Future Prompts in the Anticipatory Design Practice

• Metadesign practice as an example of how future’s knowledge got made in the design field. • Analysis shows that trend are meta-narration of the design activity and a tool for communicating and sharing contents • Trend research is incorporated into the innovation generation process, through the Metadesign approach. • Trend research, differing from trend analysis, has a cognitive orientation. • Results highlight that trends’use combine the...