DESIGNING
MERGING PHYSICAL WITH DIGITAL
TO CREATE META PRODUCTS
Haig Armen Assistant Professor of Design Emily Carr University of Art + Design
Founder & Creative Director of Lift Studios an interaction design studio in Vancouver
• How Mineblock was created
• How it represents Meta products
• How Meta products differ from other products
• How design process changes
• How you can approach designing Meta products
SOLVING A PROBLEM
GRIEFING
Griefing is the act of irritating and angering players on multiplayer servers using methods such as destruction, social engineering and trolling. !
Examples of griefing: • destruction of structures owned by other players • stealing other players items • repeated killing of less well-equipped players
Mineblock is a small affordable gaming server
that is easily set up on your home network for
your children and their friends to play
multiplayer Minecraft games safely.
Deciding on Materials & Assembly
USER EXPERIENCE
HOW IS MINEBLOCK A META PRODUCT?
META PRODUCT:
META PRODUCT:
location
physicality
ergonomics
wearableinput/output
temperature
motion/vision
orientation
realtime data
social networks
database APIs
mapping
META PRODUCT:
Withings is a French company founded in 2008 that specializes in bringing new functions to everyday objects through a connection to the internet.
EXAMPLE:
We don’t just see a thermostat with a better user interface; we see a smartphone that has thermostat functions. !
When you redefine the world that way, it opens it up to many more possibilities. !
Tony Fadell, CEO of Nest
EXAMPLE:
Nest has revolutionized the home automation industry with their thermostats & ProtectRecon Jet
EXAMPLE:
Recon Jet
EXAMPLE:
Product Designer
Software Engineer
Business/ Marketing
TEAM
Product Designer
Software Engineer
Business/ Marketing
Interaction Designer
TEAM
Situating the design of user experience within an ecology of spaces, devices, and audiences from small to large scales in interactions has never been more necessary.”
!
- Mike Kuniavsky
Information is your raw material !
Privacy is a design principle
CHALLENGES:
DESIGN PROCESS
DESIGN PROCESS
TOOLS: HARDWARE
TOOLS: HARDWARE
ARDUINO
TOOLS: HARDWARE
RASPBERRY PI
TOOLS: HARDWARE
BEAGLEBOARD
TOOLS: HARDWARE
SPARK
TOOLS: PLATFORMS
START NOW
THINKING BY TINKERING (making to think, thinking to make)
Kickstarter Campaign
STARTS TOMORROW
THANKS
Haig Armen
@haigarmen