CONNECTED BODIES

The Internet of Things helps establish connections between objects by way of communication protocol. But we should not let this added layer of connectivity fool us into thinking that these objects are not connected in the first place — that is, materially. The design of an experience is a matter of connecting objects to one another in a meaningful, purposeful way, digital or otherwise. Designers don’t need recourse to technology to think systemically.

“Eventually everything connects — people, ideas, objects . . . the quality of the connections is the key to quality per se.”

— Charles Eames