Presented at Emerce Dare conference in Pakhuis De Zwijger October 13, 2017

1. Digital design
in a world of connected things
DARE 2017, Iskander Smit Iohanna Nicenboim

2. AMS
@iskandr

3. Our
reality?
Hyper-reality, Keiichi Masuda

4. A perfect
world? Rush Hour, Black Sheep Films

5. Our relation
with the machines?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcW70-6eQcY

6. The relationship of things
with us June oven

7. digital design
in a world of connected things
Iohanna NIcenboim

8. People
ThingsServices

9. 2014. The Internet of Xmas Gifts
https://sen.se/store/mother/

10. 2015. Products with an app
http://smarter.am/coffee/

11. 2016. Embodiment of new possibilities
https://vaikai.com/

12. 2017. Default features
https://vaikai.com/

13. An example; a new bbq experience
Products become systems

14. The Helpful BBQ
Sietse Taams

15. Master of the party
occasionally

18. (ecosystem of) things
data
activities while using

22. Input
Interface
Measure height
Well done
Raw
Measure temperature
Computation
Position
Energy =
Time x Heat x Height
Measure temperature

31. Hardware as a
platform
Conversations with
the machines
Beyond screen
interactions
Context aware,
rule-based
New type of things

32. the software layer is defining the experience
In the product system

33. Rethink products
Cloudwash, BERG

34. Invisible design
Claire Rowland, Design for Connected Objects

35. Push the power of the service layer
far beyond where it is now
Tom Coates, shape of Things, 2016

36. Spimes, objects that nudge the user
Shaping Things, Bruce Sterling

37. Objects that are aware, conscious, stubborn…
Google Home

39. The Collector The Actor The Creator
THREE METAPHORS OF PRODUCT AGENCY
Products as Agents
defining the roles of
products with their users
Products As Agents; Nazli Cila, Elisa Guiccardi, Iskander Smit, Ben Kröse; 2016

40. The collector
Growficient, high precision agriculture

41. The Actor
June oven

42. The Creator
Starfish self-modeling robot

44. human computer
integration
human computer
interaction

45. app revolution
personalisation for the masses

46. wearable revolution
contextualisation of you

47. assistant revolution
relation with the machine

48. Superflux - Our Friends Electric (2017)

49. service first; design beyond the touchpoints
phase 1

50. system first; be an architect of objects and humans
phase 2

51. rules first; director of things designing things
phase 3

52. Hardware as a
platform
Conversations with
the machines
Beyond screen
interactions
Context aware,
rule-based
New type of things

53. Activities of the future
experience designer…

54. … rule-based experience,
storytelling,
learning & adaptive,
dialogue design,
co-design with the machine.

55. … with the world as context,
and all touchpoints
as actors in the play.

56. From user centered
to human centered.

57. With human and the machine
working in concert.

58. Issues of delegation
Uninvited guests, Superflux

59. ThingsCon 2017
30 November & 1 December
thingscon.nl
20% discount + T-Shirt
Use code DARE2017

60. Thanks!
Iskander Smit, @iskandr