Designing Out[side] the Screen

Designing out[side] the screen

Steve TaylorThe Alloy || Principal Interaction Designer

[email protected]@funkadeelia

WhyWhy should we think about design outside the screen?

How can we do this with tools that are available?

What examples (good and bad) are out there?

What How

Designing out[side] the screen

Why does it all revolve around the screen?

Image courtesy of 20px.com

Now we struggle do anything without a screen...

75% of people admit to using their smartphone whilst using the toilet!!

Research carried out by wtop.com

Interaction Design is...

“The design of everything that is both digital and interactive”

Photo from dot3x / https://www.flickr.com/photos/dotx3/4758268844//

Design of products, systems & services [tools] that help people through addressing human needs

Photo from Human/Need/Desire. Bruce Nauman, 1983

As more & more products become ‘connected‘ we are in danger of forcing screens into everything...

Aren’t we already drowning in touch screens & icons?Photo from AP Photo / Manu Fernandez

Our experiences are formed through stimulating a combination of our 5 senses

This is one sense...What about the others?

Sounds of the Sea // Heston BlumenthalPhoto from luxworldwide.com

Our brains light up when 2 or more senses are stimulated simultaneously

Stimulating the same sense differently, affects our perception of the experience

Bernard Lahousse Food PairingFood = Interaction https://vimeo.com/86171854

https://vimeo.com/86171854

digital touch vs physical touch

context of use drives method of interaction

How can we (IxD’s) start to think outside the screen & design sense rich interactions?

What if we remove the screen?

What if we remove the screen?

What examples of “designing out the screen” can we reference?

Image from Nissan Motor Company

Reference patentbolt.com Samsung Controls

UX / Digital Designer?

Industrial Designer?

Who is responsible for designing these interactions?

UX / Digital Designer?

Industrial Designer?

Interaction Designer?

Who is responsible for designing these interactions?

How do we do this?

Collaboration across the design process

Collaboration across the design process

Industrial Designer

Interaction Designer

User Research Concept Development Prototyping Specification

Fuse ProjectAn investigation into improving the smartphone experience

Context of use drives method of interaction

How can we enable users to, single-handedly, control services on the device without obscuring content on screen

Defining the challenge...

Interact outside the screen

Prototyping the experience

Delivering physical the experience

Experience prototyping tools

Why use these tools?

ExploreContext of useTangible inputs / outputsStimulating different senses

With industrial designersPhysical design constraintsMaterials & textures

Understand Communicate

Why use these tools?

Summary

Why What How

Summary

Why should we think about design outside the screen?

How can we do this with tools that are readily available?

What examples (good and bad) are out there?

Why...

What...

How...

Service

Digital Physical

Conclusion

Thank you.

Steve TaylorThe Alloy || Principal Interaction Designer

[email protected]@funkadeelia