This document discusses meaningful connected products and how they have transformed from being purely functional to also being emotional. It mentions examples like the B&O MC40 speaker and "furby" as products that achieved this transformation. The document also discusses the importance of understanding the context of use, both temporally and through empathy, when designing meaningful connected products. It proposes a process for designing (eco)systems that involves analyzing contexts, identifying actors, creating and specifying actor networks, and defining outcomes.

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7. meaningful connected products

8. meaningful connected products
transformation from the ‘functional’ to the ‘emotional’
Jacob Jenssen - B&O MC40

9. meaningful connected products
transformation from the ‘functional’ to the ‘emotional’
“the unazukin generation” - @iotwatch

10. meaningful connected products
transformation from the ‘functional’ to the ‘emotional’
understanding context of use (empathy, frame of reference)
Sanders & Stappers - Convivial Toolbox

11. meaningful connected products
transformation from the ‘functional’ to the ‘emotional’
understanding context of use
temporal - something is meaningful ‘now’
furby

12. Verganti, design driven innovation

13. goodnightlamp.com

15. growguard.net

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17. designer
abstraction
engineer
what are opportunities in
<context>
creation of ‘design space’
requires expertise to narrow
what are possibilities of
<technology>
creation of ‘limitations’
requires expertise to broaden
visual actor network
actor interaction definition
(eco)system design

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analyse context & identify actors

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create and specify actor network

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define outcome

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