{"id":4612,"date":"2010-06-24T05:41:44","date_gmt":"2010-06-24T12:41:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nearfuturelaboratory.com\/?p=4612"},"modified":"2017-08-18T17:59:21","modified_gmt":"2017-08-18T17:59:21","slug":"air-show-design-fiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.nearfuturelaboratory.com\/2010\/06\/24\/air-show-design-fiction\/","title":{"rendered":"Air Show Design Fiction"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"imageblock\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scifiairshow.com\/\" title=\"eagletour1600x1200 by nearfuturelab, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1127\/4728158858_f166d960e6.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"eagletour1600x1200\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>A curious bit of making science fiction fact which is one of the themes and motivations and conventions of design fiction is the Sci-Fi Airshow, a tour of the various air\/spacecraft from your favorite science fiction shows. It&#8217;s all done in the stylings of the airshow, as the name suggests, where pilots and fans gather at a local airbase and gawk at the fascinating flying machines. The significance of airshows is precisely this \u2014\u00a0the gathering of fans to invigorate and extend and flex their creative, intellectual and technical affinity for flying machines of a particular variety.<\/p>\n<p>I used to enjoy going to airshows \u2014\u00a0it was the geek in me, mostly, as well as adolescent fantasies of wearing coveralls, a sheep skin&#8217;d collar&#8217;d bomber jacket and an ascot. And of course all the technical aspects of flying a machine.<\/p>\n<p>What the creators of the Sci-Fi Airshow have done is extend that fascinating imaginary into the realm of science fiction flying machines. They make the flying machines somehow ordinary insofar as they appear at a typical airshow with families and fans enjoying the machines, the sunshine and a chat with a pilot. In this way, the objects become tangible. There&#8217;s a playful confusion that is going on with the conceit of the Sci-Fi Airshow website. The backstory tells a bit more, with motivations similar to those of the best design fiction creatives \u2014 a young obsession with engaging, creating and crafting the fantastic worlds of their imaginations and sharing them in as compelling and provocative a way as they could. In this case, it is this artist <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scifiairshow.com\/about.html\">Bill George<\/a> or traces his passion with this kind of story telling to a lent copy of The Making of Star Trek.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why do I blog this?<\/strong> A wonderful instance of playful science fiction that provides some ideas and insights into how we can communicate ideas by making the extraordinary ordinary.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A curious bit of making science fiction fact which is one of the themes and motivations and conventions of design fiction is the Sci-Fi Airshow, a tour of the various air\/spacecraft from your favorite science fiction shows. 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