Exploring Creepy Futures: Reflecting on the Value of Creepiness as Design Fiction

Ramirez Gomez, Argenis and Stawarz, Katarzyna ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9021-0615 2025. Exploring Creepy Futures: Reflecting on the Value of Creepiness as Design Fiction. Presented at: British Computer Society’s Special Interest Group in Human Computer Interaction Conference (BCS HCI 2025), Cardiff, UK, 9-11 November 2025.

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Abstract

What can designers learn from living in a Creepy Future? This paper presents a vision of the future drawn by a fictional autoethnography study imagining and living with fictional devices. Using an imaginary creepy device as a starting point, this paper reflects on the value of imagining Creepy Futures. We start evoking a future in which devices are designed with creepiness as a normative design feature with the description of the Catonator – a device that creates a nanorobotic twin of your pet when you are abroad. Using Design Fiction and a visual representation created with generative AI, we present insights on reflecting on a week of living with the fictional device. Through a reflection of our interpretation as the designer and end-user, we discuss the value of designing creepiness as a resource for responsible futures.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Other)
Status:	In Press
Schools:	Schools > Computer Science & Informatics
Date of Acceptance:	24 July 2025
Last Modified:	04 Sep 2025 14:30
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/180841

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