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.

Meta Products: Building the Internet of Things

Córdoba Rubino, Sara; Hazenberg, Wimer; Huisman, Menno

Wimer Hazenberg, Menno Huisman, Sara Cordoba Rubino

Amsterdam, The Netherlands: BIS Publishers

Laurence King Publishing

BIS Publishers BV

Netherlands, Netherlands

US, 2012

2014

178 p. : 23 cm
"The web has become the standard for communication, advertising, socializing, financing and much more. A platform consisting of bits and bytes that has a life on its own and grows as it empowers people to fulfill their aspirations. In the next few years the web will keep on growing and will extend across new aspects of our lives. Products, services, places, knowledge and people will be web-enabled, creating new connections and new interactions; hence new networks. Business success will rely on harmonious and valuable networks called Meta Products. Designing meaningful Meta Products will be the key for innovation and brand differentiation. This 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. Expert interviews and many cases are provided along the way to support the theory."--P. [4] of cover
"Covering a practical design approach, expert interviews and many cases"--Cover
Includes bibliographical references and index

The last few years the web has become the standard for communication, advertising, socializing, financing and so on. A world consisting of bits and bytes. However, we are living in a world of atoms, filled with things created either by nature or by ourselves. Some of these creations, especially consumer products, are becoming more outdated and obsolete every day. It seems the digital world is of more use to us nowadays. Some even say the internet replaced 'stuff'. Yet, we are still living in the atom world. Our body and senses have to interact with real things. Therefore, in the next few years it will become more and more useful to get physical products connected to the web. At web design studio Booreiland they call these kinds of products "Meta products", and they are taking on the adventure of designing them. This book will be interesting for trendwatchers, product design agencies, advertising agencies, R & D departments, people in education or anyone interested in web and product design

2024-07-01