My kick-off presentation at IxDA London Meetup October 2015. 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?

1. interaction DESIGN
above the level
of a single man

2. 28 October 2015 TESCO DESIGN OFFICES

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

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

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

6. Amazon Echo: We putJeff Bezos' always-on microphone-speaker in a familyhome
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/10/16/amazon_echo
“the Echo has gone from being a slightly
unwelcome houseguest to a member ofthe 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.

7. + = 3

8. ”FAMILY“

9. TEAM

10. CLASSROOM

11. community

19. [ ... ? ]

20. “COMPLEXITY”

29. “CONTEXT”

31. a new member ?

32. PRIVATEPUBLIC PERSONAL

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

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

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

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