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Condescension in design

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And its remedy mutative design

WIAD 2016 Source: orbojunglist reddit.com

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Conversation between man and machine

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What is Condescension?

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“Patronizing attitude or behavior”

@nichobby 6Source: moviepilot.com Harry Potter@nichobby

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“descending from a superior intellectual level to be understood.”

@nichobby 9@nichobby Source: criticalcommons.org The Matrix Reloaded

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Example 1

Source: wix.com

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“Don’t treat me like I’m stupid”

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@nichobby 15Source: windows 10

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“I don’t have a clue about what this

thing is telling me”

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But why does this happen?

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Prejudice

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Clustering

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All these architects

informationspend countless hours gathering all this

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PersonasBehavioral MappingArchetypes

Affinity Diagrams

Journey maps

Experience mapsEcosystems

Touch points

Storyboarding

Territory mapping

Cultural mapping

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Distill all this into one static design

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an unreceptive, linear experience that doesn’t speak to users at their level of understanding

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Isn’t that what we all really wantUnderstanding

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Architects have been designing systems that have an ultimate authority of intelligence without the ability to be receptive and sympathetic to person on the other side

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Etiquette and empathy

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iOS Human Interface Guidelines

As much as possible, avoid “you,” “your,” “me,” and “my.” Sometimes, text that identifies people directly can be ambiguous and can even be interpreted as insulting or patronizing. Source: developer.apple.com/library/ios/

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“How can it mean anything to me, if I really don’t feel anything at all” - MJK,Tool

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Here’s the lock:“I can’t design for everyone”

Source: visualhunt.com@nichobby

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Here’s the key:Mutative design

Source: Daryn Bartlett@nichobby

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What is Mutative design?

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Liam Spradlin’s Project Phoebe

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Liam Spradlin’s Project Phoebe

https://medium.com/project-phoebe

• Age (A)• Exposure to technology (E)• Vision level/type (V)• Physical ability (P)• Language (L)• Data availability (D)• Lighting (S)

Starting State A3E3V2B2P5D3.@nichobby

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What is Atomic design?

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Brad Frost’s Atomic Design

Source: http://bradfrost.com patternlab.io

atoms molecules molecules templates pages

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Atomic elements like Copy, Buttons, Inputs, Cards, Colours will be able to mutate on both a local micro scale and a larger group macro scale

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High level order from low level organisation

Entrophy

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Ontological design The things we design, design us

back

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Ouroboros ultimate feedback loop

Source: wikia.com Hemlockgrove@nichobby

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from gathering and understanding all the information to creating the rules for

mutations.

Focus shift

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