Objects with intent

Abstract

We live in a world where everyday objects, digital services, and human beings are increasingly interconnected. This forum aims to offer and promote a rich discussion on the challenges of designing for a broader ecology of materials, artifacts, and practices. --- Elisa Giaccardi, Editor

Learning from the Veg Box

“…With a few exceptions, which have studied off-the-shelf products such as the Nest Thermostat [47,48] and the Roomba [17,43], prior studies around autonomous systems in the home have focused on research prototypes. Recent work has also outlined the challenges for designing interactions with smart autonomous products, such as the delegation of control between people and the products, and how to position such products in human activities as partners [10,38]. Indeed, the partnership between users and systems is essential for successfully designing future autonomous systems [16,28].…”

AI as a Design Material: Dealing with new agencies

“…In a way, agency is a concept accepted within design practice. Some concepts such as the idea of "Objects with intent" (Rozendaal 2016), for example, have strong similarities to the types of agency used in AI. One could say that AI is, in effect, now the discipline of creating artificial agents with their own goals, desires, and intentions.…”

Inclusive smart cities: theory and tools to improve the experience of people with disabilities in urban spaces.

“…A dress that changes the color of one of its electronic components according to the heart signals of the person that is wearing it 12 . Now, objects have intentions (Rozendaal, 2016). Lemos (2013) states that IoT brought a 10 https://medium.com/@maxbraun/my-bathroom-mirror-is-smarter-than-yours-94b21c6671ba 11 https://www.hackster.io/soil-control/plant-monitor-waterbomb-797e47 12 http://www.instructables.com/id/Monitor-Dress-Connect-Heart-Signals-to-the-IoT/ new meaning and importance for ordinary objects: they are capable to communicate information in a global network in accordance with protocols and standards.…”

“…Everyday objects, digital services, and human beings -the IoT ecosystemare increasingly interconnected. Rozendaal (2016) points out that development of new objects and exploring new uses for existing objects are formidable opportunities to HCI professionals. Since IoT enabled objects to have new purposes -different use than they were initially bounded to -designers must focus on how to provide spontaneous collaborations between humans and non-humans.…”

“…Since IoT enabled objects to have new purposes -different use than they were initially bounded to -designers must focus on how to provide spontaneous collaborations between humans and non-humans. Collaboration implies two other essential words, still according to Rozendaal (2016): delegation and control -concepts also presented in the Actor-Network Theory (Latour, 2005). Thus, designing IoT interactive solutions is related to answering the following questions:…”