1. HOMESENSE
TOOLKITS & PROBES: OPEN SOURCE HARDWARE
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2. PRODUCT DESIGNER | RESEARCHER
USER INNOVATION | VALUE CO-CREATION
MANUFACTURING | RETAIL
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3. I CANT HEAR YOU!
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5. • Invited to collaborate with the tinker team
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7. • MAP
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8. Darja
Gareth
Théo David
Daniel The Tait Family
Christophe
David
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9. ‘...single complex system that is designed and
constructed from the ground up, and
assumes that most aspects (physical building,
Designing a smart home is difficult.
digital infrastructure, furniture, appliances)
are under the control of a single smart-home
developer.’ (Kortuem et al. 2010)
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10. ‘...single complex system that is designed and
constructed from the ground up, and
assumes that most aspects (physical building,
digital infrastructure, furniture, appliances)
Atsushi Tadokoro
are under the control of a single smart-home
developer.’ (Kortuem et al. 2010)
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11. ‘...single complex system that is designed and
constructed frominfrastructures & ownership
Physical the ground up, and
assumes that most aspects (physical building,
(McKensie-Mohr, ’94)
digital infrastructure, furniture, appliances)
are under the control of a single smart-home
developer.’ (Kortuem et al. 2010)
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12. Expert/designer/developer: Assumptions of
domain knowledge and expertise.
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14. NEEDS
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15. WANTS
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16. EXPERTISE
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17. ACCESS
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18. POLITICS
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19. MOTIVATION
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20. STICKY
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21. Design a kit that enables people to
prototype smart home concepts in their
own home environment.
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26. ‘Games teach that failure isn’t bad and that
collaboration isn’t cheating’
(Jenkins)
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27. • Worksheet picture
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29. ...it was through games, play, techniques of
surprise and methodologies of the fantastic
that [the Surrealists] subverted academic
modes of enquiry, and undermined the
complacent certainties of the reasonable and
respectable.— Mel Gooding
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31. ‘Rather than producing lists of facts about our volunteers, the
Probes encourage us to tell stories about them, much as we tell
stories about the people we know in daily life. At first, these stories
can reflect dismissive stereotypes (“she’s a dumb media wannabe”).
But stories are provisional. Our interpretations are constantly
challenged: by the returns themselves, by the differing
interpretations of colleagues, by our own changing perceptions.
Over time, the stories that emerge from the Probes are rich and
multilayered, integrating routines with aspirations, appearances with
deeper truths. They give us a feel for people, mingling observable
facts with emotional reactions.’
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34. THANK YOU!
@NatashaCarolan | natashacarolan@me.com | natashacarolan.co.uk
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35. ‘On the one hand, the returns are inescapably the products of
people different from us, constantly confronting us with other
physical, conceptual, and emotional realities. On the other hand
the returns are layered with influence, ambiguity and indirection,
demanding that we see the volunteers through ourselves to make
any sense.’ This tension creates exactly the situation we believe is
valuable for design, providing new perspectives that can constrain
and open design ideas, while explicitly maintaining room for our
own interests, understandings, and preferences.
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