This document discusses the differences between design and making in the context of the Internet of Things. It notes that a maker process involves taking an idea and turning it into a prototype then promoting, funding, manufacturing and distributing it, while a design process involves mockups and protecting the idea before selling and manufacturing. The document advocates that design should be an open and collaborative process of learning like the maker process. It highlights how hardware is now cheaper to make and sharing ideas is important for progress in the IoT field.

1. Making,
not designing
the internet of
things.
@iotwatch
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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. Technology
goes
here

5. 2 communities
vs

6. An invention process
Idea > prototype* > patent
*minimum viable functionality

7. A design process
idea > mockup*> protect>
promote > sell > manufacture
> distribute
*non-functional

8. Design.

9. A maker process
Idea > prototype* > promote >
fund> manufacture > distribute
*minimum viable functionality

10. Making.

11. Design tools.
Pencils
Workshops
CAD
3D printing

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

13. An evolution
Hardware is cheaper
Training is accessible
Sharing is mandatory

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

15. Good Night Lamp

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

19. Plants.
Botanicalls. 2007, ITP

20. Plants.
EasyBloom
Moistly
Parrot
Koubachi
Plantlink

21. IOT’s future.
Some ideas just keep
being repeated until a
larger player gets
involved.

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

23. I am not anti-design
Design should be an
open & flexible process
of learning.
Design should be
collaborative by default.

24. 2 communities
vs

25. The difference?
The value is in the doing,
not the idea.

26. The difference?
The fact that you can
design for other people.

27. Designing for real
problems.

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

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

30. Women are helping
change that.
@superflux
@LaurieJ
@clurr
@jessibaker

31. What does this have to
do with diversity &
accessibility?
There are no limits.
There is no landscape.
There are no silos.

32. Collective to-dos?
Reach out
Teach
Collaborate
Make

33. Thanks!
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