FORECAST

Through my research I have found evidence that suggests that creation will still be a topic widely covered by media in the near future. Although some types of media cater in a more suited way to creation than others, the advancements in technology that some products or theories inspired by this topic can offer into various fields, will undeniably ensure that this topic will be popular in most types of media.

FIG1: Self Assembling Sculpture, Skylar Tibbits.

I believe that self assembly is one of the most exciting propositions that I have been able to research, and the work that's already been done by Skylar Tibits suggests that self assembly at a large scale is definitely not an unachievable goal.  I believe in the next years his technology will be further explored and that we will see a number of architects adopting his techniques in order to approach cheaper, more sustainable design.

FIG2: Self assembling Structure. Skylar Tibbits.

The creation of products that creates themselves without any assistance means less human risk and more efficiency, and to me that is where industries would want to gear their efforts when it comes to research and development. The fact that these technologies are already being developed (and to a high standard) makes me believe that self assembly will be one of the most important step forwards in design, and this will surely be covered, and more importantly, be part of a wide arrange of media.
I believe toys will adopt these technologies as well, taking away the annoyance that having to build toy can cause after buying it.

I believe this exciting, evolving topic will be widely covered by all types of media wheter it is creation as form of art, religiously or in self assembly. It is highly likely that we will see references to these in films and books, but also through design, architecture and toys as we've seen in the past present and horizon of said topics.

In terms of the interest that the creation of something can generate, the way "making of" books and tutorials are being popularised these days, I believe bigger, more interactive versions of these will begin to arise. The way the demand for these has increased, maybe one day we will see "studio tour included" on the back of the collectors edition of a game or film to make the fans experience that much personal and better.

FIG3: Assasin's Creed filming.

With the research I have gathered I can ascertain that nature in design will be a topic covered by different types of media in the near future. In fact, it seems like it wouldn't be a bold statement to say that nature inspired designs IS the future of design.The advancement in technology that nature inspired designs introduce is so vast already (when compared to today's, non nature inspired designs) that to think that this type of approach to design will not continue to be popular simply doesn't make sense to me. I believe that for us, as a species, to continue evolving and expanding intellectually and efficiently, we must research into these technologies further and gain as much information as possible. The work done by Janine Benyus with biomimicry, Geof Coate's CO2 fuel, Lovegrove's "growing" designs, and the advances that this approach to design means in robotics and architecture simply cannot be unnoticed.

I believe soon we will be seeing even more people adopt these techniques in order to advance to a more eco friendly and efficient world. Maybe some day we will see designs that work together with nature in order to achieve maximum efficiency.
Robotics is one of the areas which has gained most from nature's inspiration, and I believe that in the near future we will see these technologies further explored to a point where robots can actually blend into the environment and become part of nature as well.

FIG4: Bionic Handling assistant, Festo.

But where I see nature in design developing to its full capacities is with Ross Lovegrove's Polymere designs. The idea that we can use natural biological materials to create structures as strong as concrete or any other architectural material used today is simply astonishing. This means that there will be little maintenance to do, it will be sustainable, biodegradable... the list of pro's go on. These designs have proven to work, and the theory behind them will surely inspire many to use Polymers as the material of choice. I believe this will surely be covered by all types of media imply because I believe nature in design is the future. The fact that the Oil in the world is limited, and the materials we mostly use today are harming the biological environment calls for a drastic change in how we approach all types of design. Nature inspired designs not only solves all the problems cause by today's designs, but it improves on these designs. This is why nature in design will very much relevant in the near future.

FIG5: Ross Lovergroves Polymer Staircase.

Through my research I can conclude that both of my researched topics: Creation and Nature in design, are highly likely to figure in the media of the near future. Whether its in architecture, design or simply art, toys and literature, Creation and Nature in Design have been popular topics in the past and present, and will feature in many types of media in the next 6-12 months. This, combined with the knowledge that there is room to expand so much on these topics, and that we are beginning to see the first steps into the new developments of technology based on these topics, leads me to believe that the popularity of these subjects will stay relevant, if not increase with the passing of time.