what does an internet of things business look like?
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For KTN IOT workshop at the Museum of Brands on June 28th 2011TRANSCRIPT
What a creative iot business looks like
Alexandra Deschamps-SonsinoRIG London // designswarm.com@iotwatch
About pageB.A. Industrial DesignM.A. Interaction Design
Web design for advertising & startupsCEO of Tinker London 2007-2010
Consultant & Partner at RIG LondonEvangelist for EU robotics project Lirec
Agenda
What does an iot business do?
What does an iot business look like?
What does it mean for funding?
What does an iot business do?
Concept workProduct & Interface designOpen-source hardware (Arduino)Manufacturing in the UK & ChinaOne-offs & small industrial batchesProducts with web connectivityProducts with social web lives For advertising, product providers & R&DSupport
It takes a particular typeof creative business to make iot happen at scale.
Who runs an iot business?
Traditional industrial designerswith web development capabilityand enough turnover to deal with mass manufacturing.
Traditional advertising agencieswith prototyping capabilityand clients that will deal with future manufacturing.
Established web companieswith prototyping capabilityand enough turnover to deal with some manufacturing.
Product startups who raise money to deal with mass manufacturing.
Digital consultancies who make things as internal projects/PR.
So what?
iot is not a technologicalchallenge per se
wifi / 3G / GPS / Zigbee / Bluetooth / RFIDNFC / Networks
iot is a design challengeiot is a market challengeiot is a comms challengeiot is a business challenge
iot is a challenge of technological complexity.
Supporting different businessecologies & new types of relationships
Rethinking financial models
Beyond one offs.
Thank you! Merci! Grazie!
Alexandra Deschamps-SonsinoRIG London // designswarm.com@iotwatch