The document discusses research into ways for industrial designers to create and prototype digital products in an internet of things world. It outlines plans to create a meta design platform to facilitate such product development. This includes elements needed for the platform and how open design principles could drive it. The research includes workshops using tools like Lillidots to explore context, ideas, prototyping, and user feedback. Findings focus on the importance of context exploration and supporting different levels of creativity. Future steps include integrating Lillidots into projects and publishing framework and findings in design journals.

1. Infusing digital creativity in design
designing for human computer confluence
Dries De Roeck
5 juli 2012

2. “ontwerpvisie”
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3. Recap – “State of affairs”
• CHI Belgium
• Workshop OpenFrameworks
• Statistics with R
• Begeleiding iWare opdracht
• Oktober-December 2011
• Verdere integratie 2012-13
• Paper E&PDE 2012
• “Interweaving digitality in the fabric of design”
• Paper NordiCHI 2012
• “I would DiYSE for it! A manifesto for DIY internet of
things creation”
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4. Research Questions
 What are viable ways for industrial designers
to create and prototype digital products in an
internet of things world?
 What is the potential of creating a meta design
platform to facilitate the creation of such
products?
 Which elements are needed to compose such a
platform?
 In what way can the principles of open design be
used a as a driving force for such a platform?
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5. Research Questions
 What are viable ways for industrial designers
to create and prototype digital products in an
internet of things world?
 What is the potential of creating a meta design
platform to facilitate the creation of such
products?
 Which elements are needed to compose such a
platform?
 In what way can the principles of open design be
used a as a driving force for such a platform?
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6.  Digital Creation
 Connected world
 Meta design
 Open design
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7. Lillidots als meta-design
• Platform
• Geen voorkennis van technologie nodig
• Technologie geïntegreerde producten
concipiëren door technolgie te omzeilen
• Facilteren van discussie
• Co-creatie
• Ontwerper – gebruiker – industrie
• Huidge zwaktes
• Vooral gericht op de leek (“the layman”)
• Geen niveau‟s (levels of creativity)
• Geen gevoel voor realisme
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8. Workshopweek
• Internet of kids things
• Samenwerking TUDelft & Artesis
• Doel
• Verificatie lillidots met ontwerpers
• Evaluatie van digitaal
creatieproces & sketching in
hardware
• Methode
• Observatie
• Semi-structured interview
• Activity logging (blogposts op
vaste momenten in proces)
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9. Workshopweek
• 3 grote blokken
• Idee generatie
• Idee naar code
• Prototyping
• Deelnemers
• 2e & 3e Ba, 1Ma
• 15 studenten
• 5 groepen
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10. Workshopweek – Ideegeneratie (1)
Pl aymat til es W ooden trainset
• Context exploratie Toddler tr ik e/
cycl e
imming pool
• Vooropgestelde context In atable sw
• Loopfiets
• Zwembadje
• Speelmat
• Houten treinset
• Networked focused design
• Actoren mapping
• Objecten mapping (extensie)
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11. Workshopweek – Ideegeneratie (2)
• Idee definitie
• Combinaties actoren & objecten
• Uitwerken met lillidots
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12. Workshopweek – idee naar code
• Code Companion (Robert A. Paauwe)
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13. Workshopweek – prototyping
• Continu proces
• Schets
• Papier / karton mockup
• Lage interactie
• Uitbreidingen
• User feedback
• Bezoek van 3 klasgroepen
• Concept demo
• Prototype
• Mix van functionele en niet
functionele elementen
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17. Workshopweek – conclusies
• Context exploratie is cruciaal
• Artificieel
• Inleving stimuleren
• Overgang idee – technische detaillering
• Logica is aanwezig
• Basis schema kan op terug gevallen
worden
• Tussentijdse „deliverables‟ essentieel
• Stap naar coderen blijft groot
• Abstract gegeven
• Grafisch programeren / voorgemaakte
blokken als tussenstap
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18.  Digital Creation
 Connected world
 Meta design
 Open design
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19. Manifesto for DiY IOT creation
• Outcome DiYSE project
• Collaboration Alcatel-Lucent, VUB,
KULeuven
• NordiCHI 2012 full paper
• Design guidelines formatted as
“Manifesto”
• Based on creative sessions with broad
variety of people
• Crafters
• Families
• (h)acktivists
• Coders
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21. Manifesto points, highlights
• “Support a spectrum of expertise of
computational thinking by offering
different layers of computational
abstractions”
• “Not teach how to program, but should
provide an ecosystem to support people
in creating ideas, solutions or content”
• “Support sharing of unfinished or evolving
projects”
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22. Framework
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23. “The importance of not knowing”
• Abstractie nemen van technologie
• Zet aan tot vernieuwing
• “Bisocation”
• Koestler, 1964, The act of creation
• Forgetting as a feature
• Bannon L.J., 2006, CoDesign Vol2, No1
• Need to forget in order to create really
new ubiquitous computing products
• Aanbieden van een spectrum
• Levels of creativity & logics
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34. Research relevancy
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35. MakeyMakey
http://www.makeymakey.com
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36. Squishy circuits (playdough electronics)
http://courseweb.stthomas.edu/apthomas/SquishyCircuits/
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37. ADD (D. Rushkoff)
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38. Meta products
http://www.metaproducts.nl/
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39. Twine
http://supermechanical.com/
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40. Little printer (BERG)
www.bergcloud.com
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41. Planning
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42. Verdere stappen
• iWare (sept - dec)
• Integratie lillidots
• Herdefinitie
• Integratie NFD
• Introductie opdracht sensoren (okt – nov)
• Basiscode & componenten
• Verfijning van interactie
• Functioneel prototyperen, iteratief
• Meta products workshop (juli)
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43. Publicatieplan
• Conferences
• CHI2013
• Doctoral consortium (5/10/2012)
• Alt.chi (5/1/2013)
• DIS 2014
• To be announced
• Journals
• International journal of design / Digital creativity
• Framework & relevancy
• Target submission early spring 2013
• Co-design
• Verification of method
• Target end of PhD period
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45. @driesderoeck
http://driesdr.ramdac.be