design for the network - ia summit, march 2014 - no notes version
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A talk about the evolving relationship between networks, software and systems and the implications for contemporary and emerging design practice. This version doesn't have embedded notes, but you can find the notes version here: http://www.slideshare.net/mmilan/design-for-the-network-ia-summit-march-2014TRANSCRIPT
Design for the Network IA Summit 2014March 29, 2014
Matthew Milan
#DFTN
Design for the Network
Networks, Software & Systems
Networks
Software
Systems
Systems
Software Design
Standards
Capability
Culture
Environment
Think differently about networks
Think differently about software
Think differently about systems
Learning Systems
Behavior & Culture
Design: !
(noun) a specification of an object, manifested by an agent, intended to accomplish goals, in a particular environment, using a set of primitive components, satisfying a set of requirements, subject to constraints; !
(verb, transitive) to create a design, in an environment (where the designer operates)
Software = Systems
“… we are no longer interfacing to a computer but to culture encoded in digital form …” !Lev Manovich, The Language of New Media (2001)
Augmentation & Capability
Augmentation
Software Gives You Superpowers
Containers & Computation
Software Containers
Interweb O’ Stuff
1 million browsers
Three signals
1. New Aesthetic
To design for this world, we need a new aesthetic.
Agency Texture Opacity
Reflexivity
2. Learning > Planning
Agency Texture Opacity
Reflexivity
2. Learning > Planning
3. Beyond Anthropocentrism
