A presentation at UXI Studio in Tel Aviv about wearable tech– and 11 design principles for designing better wearable tech, IoT, IoE, and connected devices.

1. WEARABLE TECH
FASHIONING THE FUTURE
LIZA KINDRED
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2. WEARABLES?!? LIZA KINDRED
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3. SO MUCH
HYPE

4. SO MUCH
MEH

5. SO MUCH
MATTERS.
11 DESIGN PRINCIPLES
FOR DESIGNING WEARABLES

6. What is Wearable Tech?
WHAT IS IT?

7. PART OF THE INTERNET OF THINGS

8. INGESTIBLES
Ingestibles

9. WEARABLES ARE OFTEN
JUST ANOTHER
DEVICE
DEPENDENT ON
THE SAME UNDERLYING TECHNOLOGIES

10. SO MUCH HYPE

11. OF US ADULTS
ALREADY HAS
AN INTERNET OF THINGS DEVICE
Source: Forrester
15%

12. MORE CONNECTED DEVICES
THAN
HUMAN
BEINGS
Source: Patrick Tucker

13. MORE CONNECTED DEVICES
THAN
HUMAN
BEINGS*
Source: Patrick Tucker
*TRUE SINCE 2008

14. OF US & UK
WEAR THEM NOW
Source: Rackspace
18%

15. GROWTH IN DEMAND
FROM 2012 TO 2013
Source: WGSN
40%

16. 9BILLION
CONNECTED DEVICES
BY 2018
Source: BI Intelligence

17. 50BILLION
IN 3 TO 5 YEARS
Source: Credit Suisse
$

18. 26BILLION
CONNECTED DEVICES
HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS
Source: Business Spectator
IN REVENUE

19. SO MUCHMEH

20. SO MUCHMEH

28. IT’S JUST NOT
THERE YET

29. IT’S JUST NOT
THERE YET
THE FUTURE
IS NOT
THE PRESENT
—MATT LAKE

31. BUILDING WEARABLE TECH:
11 PRINCIPLES
RACHEL HINMAN JOSH CLARK LIZA KINDRED SCOTT JENSON DAVID VANESSELSTYN

32. 1: NO MORE
NOVELTY
NO MORE...
BRACELETS
TRACKERS
NEW DEVICES
(MAYBE)

33. https://www.flickr.com/photos/doctorow/15659135172/

41. 2: CREATE UTILITY...

42. MIMO

43. EMBRACE

44. ...OR JOY

45. WHISTLE

47. 3: BUILD ON
STANDARDS

48. THE PHYSICAL WEB

50. 4: FUTURE PROOF
THAT SH*T

51. 4: FUTURE PROOF
THAT SH*T

52. 4: FUTURE PROOF
THAT SH*T

53. MOTOROLA TATTOO

54. 5: DESIGN FOR CONTEXT
TOKEN

55. RINGLY

56. MOTA

57. 6: PROVIDE
SECURITY

58. PIXELHEAD

60. CCD ME NOT

61. OFF POCKET

62. ANTI-PAPARAZZI
PURSE

63. 7: BUILD FOR
HUMANS

64. TYIA

65. SPIRE

66. ENCHROMA

67. SOUNDBITE

69. 8: FASHION,
MEET TECH

70. JUNE

71. LUMO

72. ALTRUIS

73. EAR-O-SMART

75. 9: BUILD IT TO
LAST

77. 10: NARROW THE
DIGITAL DIVIDE

78. Q&Q&Q

79. JUSE

81. 11: MAKE SOMETHING
THE WORLD NEEDS

84. EKSO

85. THANKS!
LIZA KINDRED
@LIZAK