The Good Home as part of the International Week in Antwerp at the University of Antwerp, Faculty of Design Sciences

1. The Good Home
An Introduction
thegoodhome.org
@GoodHomeProject

2. The Good Home
Design-led & technology-enabled exploration
of the future of home living.

3. Workshop leaders
Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino (London)
Product & interaction designer specialised in connected product
design.
Dries De Roeck (Antwerp)
PhD research in user-led internet of things practices

4. Project values
Networked
Communal
Interdependant
Participatory
Readable
Open
Humble
Adaptable
Hackable
Diverse
Resilient
Respectful
Sustainable
Local
Careful
Provocative
Post-capitalistic
Constructively critical

5. Process
Pick a time / location / context
Choose a theme
Work with local contributors
Exhibit & organise public workshops
Expose the work as much as possible

6. The Good Home 1
Mozilla Festival in November 2015
Hosted by BBC Homelab
Our theme: The Kitchen
Contributors: The Incredible Machine & Cyberduck
2 days of workshops & discussions
Workshops:
• Gender dynamics in kitchen design
• Interface design for the home
• Kitchen design and families
• Low carbon eating

8. The Good Home 2
Milan Furniture Fair April 2016
Hosted by Mikamai
Our theme: Data & the home
Contributors: 4
4 days of exhibition & workshops
Workshops:
• Data privacy & the home
• Connected product design.

17. The Good Home 3
London Design Festival
Hosted by the Digital Catapult
Contributors: 9
7 days of exhibition & 2 events
Showcase at the Victoria & Albert Museum
Events:
• Connected product design methods with Know Cards
• Panel discussion with exhibitors

18. The Good Home 3
Ideas developed & presented
• Brexit Bedroom
• Data Brick
• Good Go(o)ds
• Modular Architecture
• Pegmodular
• Raincloud
• Wayback machine
• Whole Child Play

25. Layout 1: Studio Apartment
- King-size bedroom
- Bathroom
- Open plan kitchen/living area
Modular Architecture
Simon Saint
Elizabeth Gilbert
Rachel Sullivan
This project by Woods Bagot & Travis
Perkins is a rental housing concept offering
the home as a shell only, with a suite of
modular, demountable partition walls,
ceilings, floors, bathrooms and kitchens
which can be installed to a tenant's
requirements.
In this model the tenant pays a "base rent"
which covers the area of the apartment as
a shell space, the tenant can then choose
where to build walls to create rooms, with
the walls being added to the rent at a linear
metre rate. The tenant could then also
select from a range of bathroom pods and
modular kitchens, which would also be
added to the rent.
By using modular, demountable elements
this system is intended for also reduces the
materials used and refuse to landfill, as
each element used can be repaired, stored

29. The Good Home 4
Mozilla Festival 2016
Our theme: Migration
Contributors: 3
½ day exhibition

30. The Good Home 4
Ideas developed & presented
• Cloud Index
• Papers Please
• Teleport Machine (Wayback machine III)

31. The Good Home 5
Augsburg Werkwoche 2016
Our theme: Nowhere to hide: living with others
2 day workshop
3-4pm exhibition on Wednesday

32. The Good Home 5
Ideas developed & presented
• Meetime
• Nook
• Rosie

34. The Good Home 6
Antwerp International Week – Faculty of Design Sciences
Our theme: better together tomorrow
5 day workshop
6pm exhibition on Friday

35. Theme
Explore and respond to cross-generational
challenges of modern home living
whether that is because people
are too close or too far.

36. Questions you can decide to address
How does an ageing population relate to
space and real estate?

37. Questions you can decide to address
How is healthcare integrated into home life
and habits environment beyond elderly
‘surveillance’?

38. Questions you can decide to address
What can we learn from different cultures
and family structures?

39. Questions you can decide to address
How do people’s changing attachments
to their belongings change across generations
with more digital crutches and tools?

40. Questions you can decide to address
How does the idea of heirloom change
when family members live more and
more apart?

41. Constraints
Respect the design values.
Engage outside your comfort zone.
Talk to real people to find *real* opportunities.
Work in new ways.

42. Constraints
Don’t use technology for its own sake.
An idea can be low or no tech.

43. Schedule
Today
11-12h30 Intro, Individual exercise & groups are formed
12h30-14h00 Lunch
14h00- Group work (Dries away)

44. The Good Home 6
Tomorrow
9h00 Group reports on findings (5mn/team)
12h30-14h00 Lunch
16h00 Group commitments to a theme
17h00 Exhibition design discussion & budget

45. The Good Home 6
Wednesday
9h00 Group reports on process (5mn/team)
12h30-14h00 Lunch lecture by Alex
17h00 Exhibition design discussion

46. The Good Home 6
Thursday
9h00 Group reports on process (5mn/team)
12h30-14h00 Lunch
14h00 Exhibition build
17h00 Install your projects
18h00 Setup finished

47. The Good Home 6
Friday
9h00 Group presentations (10mns each) with feedback from
Peter Bihr (former Good Home curator)
12h30-14h00 Lunch
14h00 Visit from Aalst guests
18h00 Public exhibition opens

48. Outcome format
• Document your process as you go #thegoodhome
• Use any format image / paper / functional prototype / digital
• A 300 word description in Flemish & English
• A 30s video on Youtube of your idea
• 1-3 high resolution images

49. The opportunity
All projects will be published on website.
The best idea may be invited to contribute to a possible presence
at the Milan Furniture Fair in April and in Aalst at the end of the year.

50. Process
Your process will be public unless you don’t want it.
Please tell us now.
• Twitter on @GoodHomeProject
• Instagram #thegoodhome

51. The Good Home 6
Let’s start your research
By 9am tomorrow, tell us about your family using quotes
from someone you meet today or haven’t spoken to in a while.
Learn more about how they live.
Design is what happens outside lecture rooms.