This document discusses designing for the Internet of Things (IoT). It argues that when connecting things generates new meaning, that is the essence of designing for IoT. It suggests designing IoT systems by focusing on connected ecosystems, rules and scripts, and using data as a glue and enabler. It also notes that the future is not just about network-enabled products, but ordinary products, and that this future is already here.

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Internet of Things as design material
Iskander Smit, @iskandr

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strategy director & managing labs.info.nl
member council Internet of Things
thinking online services since 1994

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People
ThingsServices

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The you-web
the experience angle

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Connecting everything for predictive service
Google Now

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The me-product
Russell Davies
http://bit.ly/TPTxkG

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Design for smart products.
What is smart?
§ Understand users & their state
§ Understand the context
§ Grow old gracefully
§ Learn to forget
§ Adapt
Alexandra Deschamp-Sonsino, November 2012

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So let start with design

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Some people say design is
about solving problems.
Obviously designers solve
problems. But so do
dentists.
Design is about cultural
invention.
Jack Schulze, BERG

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Design adds meaning to function

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Meaning?
Red Tomato Pizza button

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Meaning?
screenifying dust bins in London

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Design for optimizing

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optimized meaning

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Meaning is not about a better
world, it is about disrupting

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Greenwheels is
optimizing

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Car2go
is disrupting

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The essence: when connecting
generates new meaning

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Connecting

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To design with IoT you have to
disconnect from the things

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reactive vs. pro-active
Rob van Kranenburg, 2011

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An iPhone, or a Pebble, is not
the Internet of Things, just a
hub in a connected product.

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Optimized
Philips Hue

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Meaning
Goodnight Lamp

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Using IoT for either designing
or styling

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Styling with IoT
Adidas Smart Soccer Ball

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Design materials

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connected ecosystem
rules & scripts à play
data as glue and enabler

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https://vimeo.com/37870061
Tool: design fiction
Corner convenience Sight
https://vimeo.com/46304267

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Most advanced,
yet accepted
Raymond Loewy

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The future is not
network enabled
products,
it’s just products.
And it’s not the
future, it’s now.
Tom Coates,
https://vimeo.com/52634330
http://www.flickr.com/photos/prdh/6125301796

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So…
Design system, data, play.
To optimize or create meaning

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Thanks!
Iskander Smit
@iskandr
http://labs.info.nl
http://about.me/iskandr