Why we are addicted to our electronic devices from a looking from a historical, evolutionary and personal perspective. A class given by me at the Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Design Engineering on March 19, 2012 for the Interaction & Electronics class.

1. Gadgeteers Anonymous
Interaction & Electronics • 19 maart 2012
Dr. Ir. Ianus Keller
Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering

2. A bit of Fry and Laurie
Season 3 AA Meeting

8. We build gadgets
io.tudelft.nl

12. myshinyobjects.blogspot.com/2010/03/building-my-little-nest.htm

13. Why?
Apple WWDC Keynote
June 7, 2010
Ton Haas - Wobble Vase

14. Apple WWDC Keynote
June 7, 2010
Ton Haas - Wobble Vase

15. Affordances
Donald Norman - jnd.org

16. Affordances
Donald Norman - jnd.org

17. Affordances
Donald Norman - jnd.org

18. Affordances
Donald Norman - jnd.org

19. Affordances
Donald Norman - jnd.org

20. Affordances
Donald Norman - jnd.org

21. Interfaces
GUIdebook

22. Interfaces
GUIdebook

23. Interfaces
Ignore the code

24. History
1999 AD - Paleofuture.com

25. Evolution
Human Evolution

26. Evolution
Human Evolution

27. Evolution
Marco.org - A smartphone retrospective

28. Evolution
Marco.org - A smartphone retrospective

29. Evolution
John’s Phone

30. Evolution
Instagram: mjmeijer

31. Aldo Hoeben - Inaugerational speech prof. Stappers

32. Aldo Hoeben - Inaugerational speech prof. Stappers

33. Aldo Hoeben - Inaugerational speech prof. Stappers

34. Designer
Global Knives en MoMA

35. Feature creep
Jasper van Kuijk - uselog.com

36. Evolution in design
Liz Sanders - Design Serving people (2006)

37. Customer
Beeldarchief Van Opstal, Amsterdam

38. Consumer
Beeldarchief Van Opstal, Amsterdam

39. User
Beeldarchief Van Opstal, Amsterdam

40. Participant
Beeldarchief Van Opstal, Amsterdam

41. Adapter

42. Co-creator
Liz Sanders - Design Serving people (2006)

43. Co-creator
The Simpsons - Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? (1991)

44. Co-creator
The Simpsons - Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? (1991)

45. Good vs Great
If you follow my guidelines,
it will guarantee good design.
But Steve Jobs doesn't want
good design. He wants great
design, and my method will
never give you that.

47. Magic
We believe
Apple.com

48. For Inspiration Only
ianus@forinspirationonly.com

49. “We become what
we behold.
We shape our tools
and thereafter
our tools shape us.”
Marshall McLuhan - Understanding Media: Extensions of Man (1964)

50. Co-Creation
Apple-History.com

51. Co-Creation
Apple-History.com

52. Co-Creation
Makerbot Industries

53. Hasbro

56. More problems

57. More problems

58. More problems

59. More problems

60. More problems

63. Thank you! Questions?