When you envision your happy place, what do you see?
Bright lights? Vinyl flooring?
Probably not.
Rather it’s likely a place with natural light, perhaps outside at the beach, or in a garden, or near a fireplace.
Perhaps you’re reading, eating, or chatting with family members or friends.
It’s a place where you can relax.
Sounds good, doesn’t it?
Another question for you: How long will you be happy in your happy place if you don’t have access to information from the outside world?
How an Internet Without Screens Might Look
In his TEDxSydney 2015 talk, An Internet Without Screens Might Look Like This, Google Creative Lab designer Tom Uglow spoke about how being around natural things makes us happy.
And he discussed how good design should feel natural.
Does a phone feel natural? Or does it feel like plastic?
Uglow spoke on how reality is richer than screens
and how touch, speech, and gestures can be used to design richer experiences that integrate the Internet into the world around us.
What I enjoyed most about his talk were the examples of work being done now, designs for the Internet, without screens.
Imagine mental health diagnostic objects using touch to capture data. Or using hacky sacks to exchange URLs.
Uglow challenged designers, architects, artists, and engineers to look beyond designing watches, websites, and widgets and give thought to designing simple solutions providing information in a natural way.
Check out his TEDxSydney talk.
Source: TED
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