Meta Products discusses the rise of the Internet of Things, a twenty-first century phenomenon in which physical consumer products (meta products) connect to the web and start communicating with each other by means of sensors and actuators. A must-read for trendwatchers, product design agencies, R&D departments, and anyone interested in the next wave of consumer technology.
FEATURES
- First book that targets product designers, interaction designers and design strategists on the exciting topic of connecting physical products to the web.
- Many expert interviews from both commercial and academic worlds.
- Many illustrated cases of pioneer projects.
- Includes an approach for designing Meta Products yourself.
- Useful for both industry professionals and students.
Note from Wimer Hazenberg one of the creators: "After two years of research, writing and designing, the book ‘Meta Products - Meaningful Design For Our Connected World’ is finally published. We both wrote and designed the book ourselves. We've tried to come up with a book that starts a conversation, sparks new ideas and most of all that inspires. The book talks about the phenomenon of Meta Products, and also presents Network Focused Design as a design approach, usable for everyone who wants to design successful solutions for our connected world. With this the book aims not only at industry designers, but also at students from design academies.
Mike Kuniavsky (author of ‘Smart Things - Ubiquitous Computing User Experience Design’) wrote the foreword, and many other experts from both commercial and academic worlds contributed to the book by means of interviews (TNO, Philips Research, Umeå University, MIT, University of Oxford, Delft University of Technology etc). Next to that, many cases are provided along the way to support the theory".
Mike Kuniavsky (author of ‘Smart Things - Ubiquitous Computing User Experience Design’) wrote the foreword, and many other experts from both commercial and academic worlds contributed to the book by means of interviews (TNO, Philips Research, Umeå University, MIT, University of Oxford, Delft University of Technology etc). Next to that, many cases are provided along the way to support the theory".
