What If? / What Now? "Futuring" Mobilities Research by Engaging with Design

John Urry's legacy is rich and reaches beyond the sociology of mobility. This article follows up on Urry's interest in exploring possible mobile futures by connecting the field of mobilities research to design. "Mobilities design" has emerged as a subbranch of mobilities research during the last decade. By looking into the critical -creative ways in which designers explore potential futures, mobilities research may indeed learn fruitful lessons of future imagination. Specifically, the article illustrates how such "designerly ways of thinking" add new insight when exploring "what the future is," which Urry set out to do as the last thing of his career.