From the Minitel to the Nabaztag: lessons from French design icons
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Slides from a talk at ixda interaction 18 in Lyon, France, about the lessons one can derive from exploring past technologies. I took the French context and describe the implications of the Minitel, the Nabaztag,T Teletactica as well as the Jacquard Loom for interaction design nowadays.
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From the Minitel to the Nabaztag: lessons from French design icons
- 1. From the Minitel to the Nabaztag lessons from French icons @nicolasnova interaction18, Lyon
- 6. UPRISING: “REVOLTE DES CANUTS” (1834, 1848)
- 8. INTERACTION DESIGN CIRCA 1801?
- 9. HOLLERITH TABULATING MACHINE (1890)
- 10. IBM PUNCHED CARDS (1964)
- 11. 1. IMPORTANCE FOR THE INTERACTION DESIGN COMMUNITY
- 13. CURRENT EXHIBIT AT MOMA (NEW YORK CITY)
- 14. 2. MEDIA ARCHAEOLOGY (JUSSI PARIKKA)
- 15. OTHERGEOMETRICFORMS ARE AD DED TO THE ORIGINALBRICKGIVING ITA DOG- BONE SHAPE <------ - - - - - - - 1990 1991 2006 2010 1983 1994 2006 1996 1996 199019901993 1993 Fragmented 2 prongs pad 1987 1985 1985 1984 1987 1990 1988 1988 1994 1996 1993 1993 1995 1995 1998 2001 2001 2003 2005/7 1993 1994 1998 2001 2003 WITH A 90º ROTATION, THE BRICK PAD BECOMES A 1 PRONG PAD (STANDARD REMOTE CONTROL) The Nintendo Classic Controller Wii is an hybrid between a mask and a dog-bone shape. The Amiga CD 32 controller is the only pad with inverted prongs. Apple’s Pippin controller is the only pad with a boomerang shape. The Nintendo 64 pad is the only pads with 3 prongs. PADS BECOME FULL 3D SHAPED OBJECTS THE PADS FACE BECOMEBIGGERANDTHE PRONGS ARE INTEGRATEDINTHESHAPE ---- ----> T HE BOOMERANGSHAPEDLEADSTO THE AFFIRMATIONOFTWOPRONGS - - - - - ----> - - - - - - THE ORIGINAL BRICK SHAPE IS DISTORTED - - - - - > THE BRICK SHAPE WAS INTENDED FOR A USE ON A TABLE C M Y CM MY CY CMY K wired_def1.pdf 1 16.03.12 20:37
- 16. 3. “OTHER DESIGN” (SPHINX STATION, RUSSIA, 1987)
- 17. 3. “OTHER DESIGN” (SMAKY MOUSE, SWITZERLAND, 1974)
- 18. 3. “OTHER DESIGN” (LOGO TURTLE, S. PAPERT, 1969)
- 19. WANDERING THE “MIRROR WORLD” (WILLIAM GIBSON)
- 20. ALICE (MATRA/HACHETTE, 1983) - COVER BY MOEBIUS
- 22. ALPHA WAVES (INFOGRAMES, 1990)
- 23. le minitel
- 26. “LE 11”: PHONE BOOK
- 27. NEWS (WITH A GRAPHIC SPIN 😀😀😀)
- 29. GAME DOWNLOADS (DOWNLINKED AT 1200 BIT/S AND UPLINKED AT 75 BIT/S)
- 31. SEX CHATS
- 34. “The right telematics application: 1 does not require any user training or instruction manual. 2 responds to a need and results in a measurable advantage over the mode of communication previously used. 3 never failed to logic 4 has a personality, own brand image 5 has no false leads or dead ends 6 is surprising, however, and lives with time 7 takes into account the user's training level 8 takes into account his/her personality 9 makes more money than it costs 10 makes you want to start again”
- 35. teletactica
- 36. TELETACTICA
- 39. nabaztag
- 40. "FIRST CONNECT A RABBIT, THEN CONNECT EVERYTHING ELSE” (RAFI HALADJIAN)
- 41. DIGESTING DUCK (JACQUES DE VAUCANSON)
- 42. “IT BECOMES REAL BY BEHAVING REAL, BY DEMONSTRATING THE BEHAVIOR OF THINGS THAT ARE REAL” KEVIN SLAVIN
- 43. 30% OF THE RABBIT NEVER SHOWED UP ON THE NETWORK (MOTIONLESS INTERFACE)
- 44. “Tomorrow: rain” “This party sucks” “Ahem”
- 45. a “child star technology”
- 46. so? what does it mean nowadays?
- 47. FROM JACQUARD LOOM TO PHYSICAL PROGRAMMING (OSMO)
- 48. FROM JACQUARD LOOMS TO GOOGLE JACQUARD
- 51. FROM TELETAC TO DYI INTERFACES (VOLUMIQUE)
- 52. FROM TELETAC TO DYI INTERFACES (PAPERTRONICS, CHIENPO)
- 53. FROM TELETAC TO DYI INTERFACES (NINTENDO)
- 54. FROM NABAZTAG TO “CHILI INTERFACES” “Maybe you want chili technology, maybe you actually think that technology is something a bit exciting that should push you a little bit. Not just being in the background and do just what you want to do, but sometimes, come in your life and have a kind of unexpected effect.” Frédéric Kaplan
- 56. “History doesn't repeat itself but it often rhymes” as Mark Twain (may have) said
- 57. GO READ HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGY
- 58. GO REVISIT “OLD” MANUALS
- 59. GO TO ETHNO/SCI-TECH MUSEUMS
- 60. “History doesn't repeat itself but it often rhymes” as Mark Twain (may have) said
- 62. References Caudwell, K. (2014). Into the Furbyverse: the narrative production of electronic companions, PhD Thesis from Victoria University of Wellington (NZ) Fernaeus, Y., Jonsson, M. & Tholander, J. (2012). Revisiting the Jacquard Loom: Threads of History and Current Patterns in HCI, Proceedings of CHI’2012, Acm. Mailland, J & Driscoll, K. (2017). Minitel. Welcome to the Internet, Cambridge, MIT Press.