Stories, behaviour and purpose

Notes on how to rethink and shape the urban space with design and technology. A talk I gave at BMWi Guggenheim Labs / Mashable Innovation Series in Berlin 16.7.2012.

See full transcribed talk at http://nordkapp.fi/blog/2012/07/talk-stories-behaviour-and-purpose/

Transcript

1. Sami Niemelä @samin http:/ /nordkapp.fi Stories, behaviour and purpose — notes on how to rethink and shape the urban space with design and technology.
2. in Helsinki… ISTOCKPHOTO
3. New bikepath Baana in Helsinki image: http:/ /www.dexigner.com/news/25293
4. INTERNET MEME http:/ /www.riemurasia.net/jylppy/media.php?id=98593&c=5 Chapel of Silence, Helsinki Kebab
5. …not from. PHOTO CREDIT Jussi Pasanen http:/ /jussipasanen.com
6. PHOTO CREDIT Wikipedia;”lawnmover”
7. PHOTO CREDIT Fiskars.com, Artek.fi, Iittala.fi
8. Rethink / -make:
9. helsinki.urbanflow.io
10. Howard SIlverman, Opele & Places 2009: http:/ /www.peopleandplace.net/media_library/image/2008/12/19/pace_layering
12. Paimiio chair (left) , designed for the Paimio Sanatorium(right). Both designed by Alvar Aalto. Images by Artek and Wikipedia
13. “bits on places” SOURCE MISSING, SOZ have a kitten instead: http:/ /www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRXgpR2lzo4
14. traces + artefacts PHOTO CREDIT Xylobands http:/ /www.facebook.com/Xylobands
15. PHOTO CREDIT Teppo Kotirinta / Nordkapp http:/ /norfkapp.fi
16. STRAVA http:/ /strava.com
17. ENJOYABLE DESIRABLE USABLE USEFUL value for the user →
18. Affordance much? GOOGLE PROJECT GLASS https:/ /plus.google.com/111626127367496192147/posts
19. things happening now
20. 1/ Software eats the world
21. BELKIN WEMO with IFTT integration http:/ /www.belkin.com/wemo/
22. 2/ Funding 2.0 Smart watch Pebble @ KICKSTARTER.COM
23. SITRA SDL BRICKSTARTER http:/ /brickstarter.org/brickstarter-prototype-sketches-questions/
24. 3/ Quantified everything
25. http:/ /datavisualization.ch/showcases/visualizing-138-years-of-popular-science-magazine/ Travel time with public transport Travel time riding a bike HELSINKI TRANSPORT TRAVEL TIME MAP http:/ /mak.hsl.fi/#
26. NIKE FUELhttp:/ /nikefguel.com
27. the dark matter
28. Privacy vs value
29. Behaviour and language
30. Commerce PHOTO CREDIT http:/ /www.littledoremi.com/
31. Cracks & seams
32. “The strongest impacts of an emergent technology are always unanticipated. You can’t know what people are going to do until they get their hands on it and start using it on a daily basis, using it to make a buck and using it for criminal purpose and all the di≠erent things that people do.” william gibson on the art of fiction at the Paris Review http:/ /www.theparisreview.org/interviews/6089/the-art-of-fiction-no-211-william-gibson —
33. shaping cities
34. PHOTO CREDIT http:/ /www.flickr.com/photos/tulenheimo/6237634073/
35. Data → Visualization → Emotion → Impact MIT TRASH TRACK | SENSEABLE CITY LAB MIT
36. Motivation + action → Behaviour change ISTOCKPHOTO
37. HELSINKI CITY PUBLIC TRANSPORT VISUALIZED http:/ /www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGllzWt0acU Ebb& Flow& Wants& Needs.
38. Make change happen CANDY CHANG, http:/ /candychang.com
39. “Every good product I've ever seen is because a group of people cared deeply about making something wonderful that they and their friends wanted. They wanted to use it themselves.” — Steve Jobs, quoted on http:/ /stevetold.us/#ixzz20MEuRKEU
40. thank you, danke, kiitos. @samin http:/ /nordkapp.fi