Talk given at Product Tank on November 20th 2013. http://www.meetup.com/ProductTank/events/149274162/

1. Making,
not designing
the internet of
things.
@iotwatch
designswarm.com
goodnightlamp.com

2. Interaction Design
Institute Ivrea
2004-2006
Tinker London
2007-2010
Good Night Lamp
March 2012

3. What is #iot?
When we embed connectivity
in everyday objects.
What happens when those objects
are designed with an understanding
of the affordances of the web.

4. Good Night Lamp
www.goodnightlamp.com

7. Back in 2002
Technology
goes here

8. In 2004
vs

9. In 2013
Invention
Design
Making

10. Invention
Idea > drawing > patent

11. Design
idea > mockup*> protect>
promote > sell > manufacture
> distribute
*non-functional

12. Design.

13. Who are makers?
Computer Scientists
with an interest in products.
too rarely
Product designers with an
interest in computer science.

14. Who are makers?
People who understand the
internet as a tool.
too often
People who understand the
internet as a window display.

15. Making tools.
Make magazine
Arduino
Sparkfun / LadyAda
Wired
TechShops
FabLab
Hackspaces
RaspberryPi

16. Makers & IOT
Arduino
Nike +
Sparkfun
Foundry Group
Wired
Kickstarter
Springboard, Haxl8r, TSB
TechStars /RGA

17. Making
Idea > prototype* > promote >
fund> manufacture > distribute
*minimum viable functionality

18. Making.

19. An open process.
The most valuable ideas
are developed through
experimentation.

20. Plants.
Botanicalls. 2007, ITP

21. Plants.
EasyBloom
Moistly
Parrot
Koubachi
Plantlink

22. Wifi-connected
lightbulbs.
When Phillips launched
Hue, there were 6 wificonnected blubs projects
on Kickstarter.

23. To do
Design should be an
open & flexible process
of learning.
Design should be
collaborative by default.

24. The difference?
The value is in the doing,
not the idea.
The fact that you can
design for other people.

25. Designing for real
problems.

26. @KevinAshton
@adamgreenfield
@davidsrose
@xively
@bergcloud
@bruces
@postscapes
@robvank

27. Thanks!
@iotwatch
designswarm.com
goodnightlamp.com