N. Cila
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Near Future Cities of Things
Addressing Dilemmas Through Design Fiction
The smart city infrastructure will soon start to include smart agents, i.e., agentic things, which co-exist and co-perform with human citizens. This near-future scenario explores the flexible types of collaborations and relationships between the human and nonhuman citizens. Dr ...
Products as Agents
Metaphors for Designing the Products of the IoT Age
Design-based inquiries into the networked products of the Internet of Things (IoT) lack a coherent understanding of the effect of such products on society. This paper proposes a new taxonomy for networked products, which would
allow articulation on their current s ...
allow articulation on their current s ...
Thing Ethnography
Doing Design Research with Non-Humans
Drawing from a study of everyday home practices from a material objects' perspective, this paper examines the potential that a thing ethnography holds for both design and anthropology. In doing so, the paper challenges anthropocentric assumptions about the world, and opens up ...
Listening To An Everyday Kettle
How Can The Data Objects Collect Be Useful For Design Research?
In the current Internet of Things (IoT) environment, objects are tagged with sensors without a clear understanding of people’s individual and collective patterns of behaviour. We argue that designers can create more meaningful and effective networked objects through collaborating
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