Interaction Design Above the Level of a Single Man

My kick-off presentation at IxDA London October Meetup.

The subject of the evening was inspired by Russel Davies' post “Software Above the Level of a Single Man” — a provocation with amazingly simplicity but very deep in its implications.

The main point we wanted to discuss was the shift as designers from "design for my phone, for my watch, for my [personal context here]" to "design for our car, our home, our office/workplace, our classroom, our [shared space/context here]".

Because as soon as you move away from the "level of a single man", you have to deal with (and design for) the complexity of “human interactions”. And it's not only a matter of defining personas, contexts, use cases; but also of understanding relationships, hierarchies, “meanings”, emotions.

Are we ready to deal with this change of paradigm? What are the complexities that we have to take into account? Are there already studies, real projects, examples of possible solutions, and what can we learn from them?

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Thanks Jason and Boon to having me hosting the event: it was a great honour.

Transcript

1. interaction DESIGN
   above the level
   of a single man
   

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2. 28 October 2015 TESCO DESIGN OFFICES
   

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3. Software Above the Level of a Single Man - Russell Davies
   http://russelldavies.typepad.com/planning/2015/06/software-above-the-level-of-a-single-man.html
   

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4. Will the Internet of Things set family life back 100 years? - James Pallister
   https://medium.com/@DesignCouncil/will-the-internet-of-things-set-family-life-back-100-years-18ce46b96646
   

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5. Thinking Responsively: A Framework for Future Learning - Paul Robert LLoyd
   http://alistapart.com/article/thinking-responsively-a-framework-for-future-learning
   

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6. Amazon Echo: We put Jeff Bezos' always-on microphone-speaker in a family home
   http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/10/16/amazon_echo
   “the Echo has gone from being a slightly
   unwelcome houseguest to a member of the family
   in a surprisingly short time. Even to the extent that
   the four-year-old in the house said, while away
   from the house for a few days "I miss Alexa."
   "Alexa, where is my bicycle?" asks one of the kids.
   Of course the answer you want is "I don't know
   where your bicycle is," but what you get is "I didn't
   understand your request." Which, oddly enough,
   feels a little too formal.
   

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7. + = 3
   

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8. ”FAMILY“
   

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9. TEAM
   

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10. CLASSROOM
    

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11. community
    

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20. “COMPLEXITY”
    

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29. “CONTEXT”
    

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31. a new member ?
    

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32. PRIVATE
    PUBLIC PERSONAL
    

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33. Love
    Friendship
    Trust
    Affection
    Empathy
    Remorse
    Shame
    Envy
    and more...
    Ambivalence
    Acceptance
    Aggression
    Ambivalence
    Apathy
    Anxiety
    Boredom
    Compassion
    

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34. Love
    Paranoia
    Pity
    Pleasure
    Pride
    Rage
    Regret
    Suffering
    Sympathy
    and more...
    

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35. Love
    Paranoia
    Pity
    Pleasure
    Pride
    Rage
    Regret
    Suffering
    Sympathy
    and more...
    Connected People
    

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36. OUR SPEAKERS
    Claire Rowland
    UX and product consultant
    Nick Cristea
    creative DIRECTOR
    

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