# Design fictions as a book

> A note on the Nonobject design-fictions book: creating objects that cannot exist to explore what design means at a more profound level.

- Page: https://www.elasticspace.com/2009/06/128176899/
- Author: Timo Arnall (https://www.elasticspace.com/)
- Section: Notes (https://www.elasticspace.com/notes/)
- Published: 2009-06-22
- Updated: 2026-07-04
- Tags: Design Fiction, PhD, Photography
- Site map for agents: https://www.elasticspace.com/llms.txt

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![Cover of the Nonobject design-fictions book, as reblogged from the designevidence archive.](https://www.elasticspace.com/images/128176899/design-fictions-as-a-book.jpg)

*Cover of the Nonobject design-fictions book, as reblogged from the designevidence archive.*

It is a book of “design fictions.” By deliberately creating objects that cannot exist — because the material is not yet available, or the business plan, or the manufacturing process, or the infrastructure to support it, or even the human sensibility — it becomes possible to explore the meaning of design at a more profound level and to think more richly about what is and what might be. (via [Design Fiction :: Book](http://nonobjectbook.com/book.html))