NEW PARTICIPATIVE TOOLS

REQUIRE NEW FOUNDATIONS

Lorenzo Davoli Umeå Institute of Design, Umeå, Sweden lorenzo.davoli@dh.umu.se Christoffel Kuenen Umeå Institute of Design, Umeå, Sweden christoffel.kuenen@dh.umu.se

www.satinproject.se

PROJECT GOALS: •  Toolkit and open collaborative platform to enable users and

companies to design, share and sell mobile applications or part of them.

•  API aggregator / Internet of Things (IOT)

infrastructure and interface

PROJECT TEAMS: •  Management, Business, Core Tech and Design. •  We present the project from the prospective and work

of the design group.

PROJECT DECRIPTION

TASK:   •  The goal for the design group is to develop the touch point

between the users an the Satin Platform (UI)

•  Focus on the language used to construct functionalities:

“How to enable lay person to program?”

•  Make sense not teach how to program

 

PROJECT DECRIPTION

Mark Up Language Frontend editor UI

Backend compiler

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SATIN EDITOR STRUCUTURE:

PROJECT DECRIPTION

PROCESS: •  User Centered approach •  Different interaction styles prototyped and

tested •  Low Fi - Hi fi prototypes testing to what

extent people could create functionalities with these interfaces.

•  Detailed account of the user centered

process and different versions of the prototypes developed > see paper

   

PROJECT DECRIPTION

satin.bnearit.se

EDITOR

USER TEST RESULTS

UI DESIGN / HOW TO MAKE =

•  We met the goal of creating a visual language with which people could construct functionalities and aggregate

different data sources.

•  When asked “what did you do?” users were able to say: “I made an app to monitor and control my energy

consumption remotely and share my result with friends”

SATIN PLATFORM / WHY TO MAKE

•  Users unable to see advantages in crafting and co-creating their apps vs. buy/download existing ones provided by a

company or an expert programmer.

•  People found difficult to project themselves in a scenario where information is retrievable from any artifact or web

service at any time.

•  Users not able to come out with tailored solutions

USER TEST RESULTS

FROM: ABSTRACT TO CONCRETE

REFLECTIONS

TO: CONCRETE TO ABSTRACT

Mismatch between concepts and foundations behind the Satin project and the foundations required by its deliverables:

WORK PRACTICES

Innovative disruptive intentions vs. established frameworks and practice

i.e. cognitivist approach

REFLECTIONS

INFORMATION FORMAT

Available information is top down impersonal, anytime, anywhere

NEW FOUNDATIONS AND WORK PRACTICES: holistic stance based on day-to-day experience

CONCLUSIONS

PEOPLE EXPERIENCE INDIRECT NEED OF TOOL

FOCUS ON CONTENT GENERATION/CURATION: contextualized and situated Information as a way to achieve meaning creation and user centeredness

LIMITS OF CURRENT INFRASTRUCUTURES In supporting design of collaborative tools and user innovation

THANK YOU.

Lorenzo Davoli Umeå Institute of Design, Umeå, Sweden lorenzo.davoli@dh.umu.se Christoffel Kuenen Umeå Institute of Design, Umeå, Sweden christoffel.kuenen@dh.umu.se