Keynote for TIPS by Design Workshop 2018

1. more-than-human centred design:
reimagining design for the internet of things
Paul Coulton Chair of Speculative and Game Design

2. why more-than-human?
• We need to acknowledge humans are rarely the
centre of things but rather we exist in within
complex interdependences of human and non-
human actants which are emotionally,
economically ,ecologically, and morally independent
of each other creating the need for more-than-
human centred design.
HT Anne Galloway and Anna Tsing

3. Context

4. IoT and Privacy
My Friend Cayla Visio Smart TV MIRAI Botnet IoT DDos

5. Anticipating Adoption
Technology
Trigger
Peak Of
Inflated
Expectation
Trough Of Disillusionment Slope of
Enlightenment
Plateau Of Productivity
Time
LevelofExposure/Expectation
Innovators
Early
Majority
Late
Majority Laggards
Chasm
Hype Cycle
Chasm
Emerging
technologies
Adoption Of Technologies Into Everyday Use

6. Human Centred IoT

7. Invisibility and Simplicity
Invisibility Shield

8. Constellations
4
3

9. 4
3
Constellations
11

10. Constellations
4
3Actually I’m an
optical illusion
11

11. Is it all Heideggers fault?
Present at Hand
Ready to Hand

12. Speculative Realism
Quentin Meillassoux, Ray Brassier, Ian Hamilton Grant, and Graham Harman
we don't need no
stinkin correlationism!

13. Object Orientated Ontology
75
75

14. Tiny Ontologies
75 75 75

15. IoT Constellations
Business
Model
Algorithms
Data
Security
Regulation
Interoperability
Standards
3rd Parties
75
but how do we materially engage with philosophy?

16. Alien Phenomenology
“If a physician is someone who
practices medicine, perhaps a metaphysician
ought be someone who practices ontology”.
Ian Bogost

17. Anticipating Adoption
Technology
Trigger
Peak Of
Inflated
Expectation
Trough Of Disillusionment Slope of
Enlightenment
Plateau Of Productivity
Time
LevelofExposure/Expectation
Innovators
Early
Majority
Late
Majority Laggards
Chasm
Hype Cycle
Chasm
Emerging
technologies
Adoption Of Technologies Into Everyday Use

18. Speculative Carpentry
Present
Futures
Domestication
Emerging
Technology
Design Fictions
Vapour Worlds
Past
Design Fictions
Vapourware and Vapourworlds
Alternate Presents
or Lost Futures
Near Futures
Far Futures
HT James Auger

19. Breaching Experiments
by J4ckandJ4ck
A breaching experiment is an
experiment that seeks to
examine people's reactions to
violations of commonly
accepted social rules or
norms.
Associated with
ethnomethodology, in
particular the work of Harold
Garfinkel.

20. Design Fiction as World Building
Design Fiction World
entry points
differing scales
Design Fiction as World Building
Coulton, Lindley, Sturdee, and Stead, 2017

21. HT Joe Lindley

22. Connect the ‘baseTea’ power plate in to your power source.
Enable UnPaP pairing mode using your voice assistant or other
interface.
When she’s ready, Polly will say “Fancy a brew”.
Before you can make a lovely brew Polly will talk you through
the onboard sensors, what data they collect, and what Polly
shares.
After each point you need to say you agree.
If you don’t agree, no biggie, Polly will explain what features
might not work based on your answers.... don’t worry, it takes
less than 90 seconds!
Once complete your router will be updated with Polly’s
permissions.
Once you’ve set up your data and privacy preferences, Polly will
be at your beck and call.
She’s real smart.
If you need anything, just ask.
Try starting our with “Polly, put the kettle on” (or if you’ve
always wondered, ask “Sukey, why did you take it off?!”
Put the kettle on
2
May I?
1
Plug
Polly should be able to handle all your requests herself... just talk
to her!
If you’d rather to talk us, then that’s fine too! Get in touch
whenever you like using the channel of your choice.
hello@pollykettles.com
+99 800 538853
@PollyKettles
(Ask Polly to generate a support ticket first, make a note of the
reference)
Need help?
All the content in this leaflet is part of a design fiction.
Polly Kettles exists in an artifical world and is not associated with “Amazon IoT”.
Licenced under creative commons CC BY 4.0.
Feel free to remix, reuse, or redistribute freely. Attribition is however compulsory.
Created at by the League of Extraordinary Designers at
Lancaster University’s Imagination Research Lab.
Design and research by Joseph Lindley, Paul Coulton, Rachel Cooper,
Lidia Facchinello and Rachael Hill.
This work was supported by the PETRAS Internet of Things research hub.
Supported by EPSRC grant EP/N02334X/1.
Fancy a brew?
Congratulations on your new Polly subscription! På internettet af ting ved alle, at du er en velsignelse. Polly blev designet med objektorienteret ontologi. Dette er en
designfiktion. Den verden, som Polly eksisterer indenfor, er bygget op omkring kedelkonceptet, denne vejledning er en
af de mange stykker i stiksavet. Polly satte kedlen på, Polly satte kedlen på, Sukey tage den af igen. Vi vil alle have te.
Som vi alle ved, er svaret på livet Universet og Alt, 42. Glem ikke dit håndklæde.
Dansk
Esperanto
En la interreto de aferoj iu scias vi estas whatchamacallit. Polly estis desegnita kun objekto orientita ontologion. Jen
dezajno fikcion. La mondo, ke Polly ekzistas ene estis konstruita irka la kaldrono koncepto, i tiu instrukcio flugfolio
estas unu el la multaj pecoj en la puzlo. Polly metis la kaldronon sur, Polly metis la kaldronon sur, Sukey preni in
denove. Ni iuj havas teo. Kiel iuj scias, la respondo al vivo la Universo kaj io estas, 42. Ne forgesu vian mantukon.
Français
Sur Internet, tout le monde sait que vous êtes un Whatchamacallit. Polly a été conçu avec une ontologie orientée
objet. C’est une fiction de design. Le monde que Polly existe à l’intérieur a été construit autour du concept de
bouilloire, cette notice d’instructions est l’une des nombreuses pièces dans la scie sauteuse. Polly a mis la bouilloire
allumée, Polly a mis la bouilloire allumée, Sukey la reprend. Nous allons tous prendre du thé. Comme nous le savons
tous, la réponse à la vie, l’Univers et tout est, 42. N’oubliez pas votre serviette.
日本語
インターネット上で、皆さんは皆さんが知っていることを知っています。Pollyは、オブジェクト指向のオントロジーで設計さ
れました。これはデザインフィクションです。Pollyが存在する世界はケトルコンセプトの周りに構築されています。このチュ
ートリアルのチラシは、ジグソーパズルの多くの部分の1つです。Pollyはポットにケトルを、Pollyはケトルを、Sukeyはそれを
もう一度離してください。私たちはすべて紅茶を用意します。私たち皆が知っているように、生命への答えは、宇宙とすべて
が42です。あなたのタオルを忘れないでください。
한국어
인터넷에서 모든 사람들이 당신이 알고있는 일은 어리 석다. Polly는 객체 지향적 온톨로지로 디자인되었습니다. 이것은 디자인
픽션입니다. Polly가 존재하는 세계는 주전자 개념을 바탕으로 만들어졌으며,이 지침서는 퍼즐의 많은 부분 중 하나입니다. Polly
는 주전자를, Polly는 주전자를, Sukey는 다시 꺼내. 우리 모두 차를 마실 것입니다. 우리 모두가 알듯이, 우주와 모든 것이 삶에 대한
해답은 42입니다. 당신의 수건을 잊지 마십시오.
Quickstart
Guide
中文
在互联网上的每个人都知道你是一个whatchamacallit。 波利设计了面向对象的本体论。 这是一个设计小说。 波利
存在的世界已经建立在水壶概念的基础上，这个说明书是拼图中的许多作品之一。 Polly把水壶放了，Polly把水壶放
了，Sukey再次拿起来。 我们都会喝茶 众所周知，宇宙和一切生活的答案是42.不要忘记你的毛巾。
Português
Na internet de coisas que todo mundo sabe que você é um whatchamacallit. Polly foi projetado com ontologia
orientada a objetos. Esta é uma ficção de design. O mundo que Polly existe dentro foi construído em torno do
conceito de chaleira, este folheto de instruções é uma das muitas peças na serra de vaivém. Polly colocou a chaleira,
Polly colocou a chaleira, Sukey tirá-lo novamente. Todos teremos chá. Como todos sabemos, a resposta para a vida do
Universo e Tudo é, 42. Não se esqueça de sua toalha.
Español
En Internet de las cosas todo el mundo sabe que eres un whatchamacallit. Polly fue diseñada con ontología orientada
a objetos. Esto es una ficción del diseño. El mundo en el que Polly existe dentro se ha construido alrededor del
concepto de la caldera, este folleto de instrucciones es una de las muchas piezas en el rompecabezas. Polly puso la
tetera, Polly puso la tetera, Sukey la quitó de nuevo. Todos tendremos té. Como todos sabemos, la respuesta a la vida
del Universo y Todo es, 42. No olvides tu toalla.

23. Smart Rhetorics

24. Constellation Rhetorics

25. Designing IoT for GDPR

26. Designing IoT for GDPR

27. From IoT Gizmos to Spimes
HT Bruce Sterling

28. HT Mike Stead
Sustainability

29. Wrangling

31. Metahistories

32. Metahistories

33. Questions
4
3Actually I’m an
optical illusion
11
PHILOSOPHYPHILOSOPHY
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Little
Book of
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Little
Book of
of Thingsof Things
of the Internetof the Internet
Duncan Hay, Max Van Kleek and Sara CannizzaroDuncan Hay, Max Van Kleek and Sara Cannizzaro
Joseph Lindley, Paul Coulton, Haider Ali Akmal,Joseph Lindley, Paul Coulton, Haider Ali Akmal,