Process

Backcasting from The Last Day of Cash

During the class, we 'backcasted' the series of events that would have might be happened between now and 2028 when we believe that the physical cash will be wiped out. Starting from the advent of universal digital currency, we imagined that there will be a gradual transition including 1) introduction of the digital cash as the second official currency, 2) Conversing physical cash to the digital one by the government, 3) the official declaration of the end of using physical cash and 4) the worldwide unification of the digital currency.

At the end of the exercise, we discussed the feasibility of our scenario and we all agreed that the universal digital currency wouldn't emerge in 10 years. So, we decided to limit the scope to one specific country and envisioned how its experimental movement would be celebrated as a propaganda.

Brainstorming

We first designed an interactive memorial space for the young children in Sweden, who would most likely never seen the physical Krona by then. Our first idea is to educate them about the history of different types of cash and how to use it. However, we abolished the first idea because it's mostly about the past history.