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1. THINKING THE UNTHINKABLE
2. HUMANIZING TECHNOLOGY
"Right now, today, we can't see the thing, at all, that's going to be the most important 100 years from now.”
- Carver Mead
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UX for Genomics, Robotics, and Connected Environments
Jonathan Follett, Editor
Designing for Emerging Technologies
Define Emerging Tech
Emerging Tech
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UX for Genomics, Robotics, and Connected Environments
Jonathan Follett, Editor
Designing for Emerging Technologies
ROBOTICS
GENOMICS
CONNECTED ENVIRONMENTS
[ Open Humans Network ]
PROJECT CAPYBARA
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15 people
+35+20
+60
+45
+30 +75
TUESDAY 11:40AM - 11:50AM
LEARNING AND SCALING
UNDERSTANDING THROUGH MAKING
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WE CAN’T FORGET TO HUMANIZE
TECHNOLOGY IF WE ARE DEPLOYING
OUR EXPERIMENTS IN THE WORLD
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EMERGING TECHNOLOGY IS NOT BUILT
ENTIRELY ON TOP OF ESTABLISHED
FRAMEWORKS OR INFRASTRUCTURES
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PROJECT CAPYBARA
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WHAT IS THE DESIGNER’S
ROLE IN THE LANDSCAPE OF
EMERGING TECHNOLOGY?
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FASHION
VERSUS
INFRASTRUCTURE
Credit Illustration by Tim Enthoven http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/16/magazine/silicon-valleys-youth-problem.html
PACE LAYERS
FASHION
INFRASTRUCTURE
Designers working in Emerging Technology should have the ability to: !
WORK AT DIFFERENT SCALES
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COMPLEXITY
COMPLEXITY DESIGN OPPORTUNITY
TIME
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The
interaction states that every application has an inherent
amount of complexity. This complexity cannot be wished
away and has to be dealt with, either in product
development or in user interaction.Larry Tesler, Xerox PARC
COMPLEX, BUT NOT COMPLICATED
Designers working in Emerging Technology should have the ability to: !
TAME AND HARNESS COMPLEXITY
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TRANSPARENCY,
CONTEXT,
FRAMEWORKS
JOE BALLAY
IT IS IN ITS TRANSPARENCY
THAT IT FULFILLS ITS FUNCTION.
WE NEED TO
UNDERSTAND PEOPLE’S LIVES
IN A RATHER BROAD SENSE.
TECHNOLOGY IS
BECOMING MORE
DEEPLY EMBEDDED
IN OUR LIVES…
FITBIT ONE
Light
Strong
Direct
Indirect
Sudden
Sustained
WEIGHT SPACE TIME
LABAN MOVEMENT ANALYSIS
Light
Strong
Direct
Indirect
Sudden
Sustained
WEIGHT SPACE TIMEPUNCHING
LABAN MOVEMENT ANALYSIS
Light
Strong
Direct
Indirect
Sudden
Sustained
WEIGHT SPACE TIMEGLIDING
LABAN MOVEMENT ANALYSIS
LABAN MOVEMENT ANALYSIS
FLICKING:
WRINGING:
DABBING:
PUNCHING:
FLOATING:
SLASHING:
GLIDING:
PRESSING:
Flexible, Sudden, Light
Flexible, Sustained, Strong
Direct, Sudden, Light
Direct, Sudden, Strong
Flexible, Sustained, Light
Sudden, Strong, Flexible
Sustained, Light, Direct
Direct, Sustained, Strong
Designers working in Emerging Technology should have the ability to: !
BE HUMBLE AND DESIGN FROM A PLACE OF EMPATY AND HUMILITY !
CREATE AND USE FRAMEWORKS #ux4emtech @eadahl
SKILLS AND ATTITUDES
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FULL STACK UNICORN
SYNTHESIS OF MANY FIELDS
CONSTANTLY EVOLVING LANDSCAPE
Literacy of Materiality and Curiosity
COMPREHENSIVE DESIGNER
ARTIST + INVENTOR +
MECHANIC + OBJECTIVE ECONOMIST +
EVOLUTIONARY STRATEGIST
SELL YOUR EXPERTISE AND YOU
HAVE A LIMITED REPERTOIRE. SELL
YOUR IGNORANCE AND YOU HAVE AN
UNLIMITED REPERTOIRE- RSW on Charles Eames
WE AREN’T EXPERTS.
WE ARE EXPERIMENTERS.
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Designers working in Emerging Technology should have the ability to: !
CONSTANTLY LEARN, EXTEND YOURSELF AND COLLABORATE WITH OTHERS
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EXPERIMENTS,
SYSTEMS,
VISION
THE MACROSCOPE
http://well-formed-data.net/archives/1027/worlds-not-stories
LOCAL & GLOBAL MAXIMA
EACH NEW DEVICE SHOULD
REDUCE THE COMPLEXITY OF THE
SYSTEM AND INCREASE THE VALUE OF
EVERYTHING ELSE IN THE ECOSYSTEM.- Bill Buxton
KALEIDOSCOPE, NOT MACROSCOPE
VISION
Designers working in Emerging Technology should have the ability to: !
THINK SYSTEMICALLY !
LEARN THROUGH MAKING TOWARDS A VISION OF THE FUTURE
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THE ALGORITHM IS THE UI
20% change in activity at the door of the
primary bathroom of an elderly person
can predict a serious degradation in
health with 70% accuracy.
Designers working in Emerging Technology should have the ability to: !
WORK BEYOND THE SCREEN INTO ALGORITHMS, SYSTEMS, AND SERVICES
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NEW LANGUAGES
New Languages
Designers working in Emerging Technology should have the ability to: !
CREATE NEW LANGUAGES OF INTERACTION
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PROBLEM FINDING
If I had an hour to solve a problem and my life depended
on the solution, I would spend the first fifty-five minutes
determining the proper question to ask, for once I know
the proper question, I could solve the problem in less
than five minutes.
Albert Einstein
If I had eight hours to chop
down a tree, I’d spend six
sharpening my axe.
Abraham Lincoln
PROBLEM
SOLVERS
PROBLEM
FINDERS
HOW DO I DO
GOOD WORK?
WHAT IS
GOOD WORK?
Designers working in Emerging Technology should have the ability to: !
IDENTIFY THE RIGHT PROBLEMS TO SOLVE
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STORYTELLING
HARRY CREWS
Truth of the matter was, stories was everything and
everything was stories. Everybody told stories. It was a way of
saying who they were in the world. It was their understanding
of themselves. It was letting themselves know how
they believed the world worked; the right way and the way
that was not so right.
Designers working in Emerging Technology should have the ability to: !
UNDERSTAND THE WORLD THROUGH STORIES, AND TELL STORIES THROUGH THE PRODUCTS WE MAKE
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Designers working in Emerging Technology should have the ability to:
#ux4emtech @eadahl
Understand and tell stories
Work at different scales
Tame and harness complexity
Be humble and design from a place of empathy and humility
Create and use frameworks
Constantly learn, extend yourself and collaborate with others
Think systemically
Learn through making towards a vision of the future
Work beyond the screen into algorithms, systems, and services
Create new languages
Identify the right problems to solve
1. THINKING THE UNTHINKABLE
2. HUMANIZING TECHNOLOGY
"Right now, today, we can't see the thing, at all, that's going to be the most important 100 years from now.”
Carver Mead
THANKS!I HOPE WE CAN CONTINUE THIS CONVERSATION.
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Erik DahlIASummit 14 [email protected]
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