Devices and Networking Summit – Session 8, Designing Compelling Devices

Chair: Richard Banks, Microsoft Research

Speakers: Rob Girling, Artefact; Nikki Barton, Microsoft; Jon Rogers, University of Dundee

How do you design devices that people really love? As devices have started filling our homes and adorning our bodies the expectations of our customers have risen. It is no longer enough that our devices are technologically interesting. Neither is it enough that they are simply usable. The devices in our lives now need to be carefully crafted to be compelling, responsive and an extension, through the scenarios that they enable, of the way we see ourselves. This takes careful design. In this panel session we’ll hear from three luminaries of the design community who span the worlds of software interfaces, the Internet of Things and physical computing. They’ll give examples and insights into what it takes to design and build compelling device experiences, before opening the session up for discussion.