1. “Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures “
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

4. SRC Welcome to the
ʻSymbiant Research centerʼ
Dedicated to understanding symbiants and their place in this world

5. WHAT ARE THE SYMBIANTS ?
Techno-social entities
In a Mutualistic relationship with the environment
Need attention and care
Adaptive behaviour

7. Anatomy / Interactions

11. Interaction with the world
(employing digital and physical behaviour)

12. 3 species ...
Adaptive Aware Responsive

13. Type 1 : @RTfeeder

14. Type 2 : @humfeeder

15. Type 3 : [unknown]
THE NEWEST RELEASE !!!
EXCLUSIVE GLIMPSE TODAY!!!

16. Unexpected behaviour
[our breakthrough in this case]

20. Therapy for symbiants ...
@RTfeeder 3 owner points @humfeeder RTing Good job , you bum
@RTfeeder :( , : ) @humfeeder RTing Donʼt worry be happy , Erica

21. Symbiant History
The Why / What / How ?

22. “…think of objects not as instruments for our use, but
as entities that are effectively linked and that need
care – to think of objects as plants in our garden…
Think of objects that are beautiful and useful as trees
in your own garden, objects that endure and have
lives of their own, objects that perform services and,
require care…”
- Ezio Manzini, “Prometheus of the Everyday”,
Design Issues, 1992.

23. Consumerism / e-waste

24. Materials
Recycling
Legislation
Behaviour

25. SYMBIOSIS

26. Mutualism
Amensalism
Parasitism
Commensalism

27. clownfish video
Something fascinating is happening here

28. clownfish
algae anemone
MUTUALISM

30. SPEAKING BACK
BREAKDOWN / CARE

34. Agency / Behavior / Care

35. FROM PARALLEL WORLDS ..

36. Low fidelity - Highly emotive responses
Adaptation

37. object

42. 1
Mr M.

44. Bridging the gap
Relevant responses
Lower fidelity
Frequency of response

45. 2
Mr J.

47. Awareness of distance and fragmentation !!!
Trying to understand what behavior meant
Sustaining curiosity with randomness
Adaptation and Projection
Social Capital

48. Mr M Mr J The graph
A-B-C

49. The Mutualist paradigm