{"product_id":"9781350141032","title":"Changing Things : The Future of Objects in a Digital World","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eChanging Things\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Johan Redström, Heather Wiltse\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMany of the things we now live with do not take a purely physical form. Objects such as smart phones, laptops and wearable fitness trackers are different from our things of the past. These new digital forms are networked, dynamic and contextually configured. They can be changeable and unpredictable, even inscrutable when it comes to understanding what they actually do and whom they really serve.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eChanging Things, \u003c\/i\u003eJohan Redstrom and Heather Wiltse address critical questions that have assumed a fresh urgency in the context of these rapidly-developing forms. Drawing on critical traditions from a range of disciplines that have been used to understand the nature of things, they develop a new vocabulary and a theoretical approach that allows us to account for and address the multi-faceted, dynamic, constantly evolving forms and functions of contemporary things. In doing so, the book prototypes a new design discourse around everyday things, and describes them as 'fluid assemblages'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRedstrom and Wiltse explore how a new theoretical framework could enable a richer understanding of things as fluid and networked, with a case study of the evolution of music players culminating in an in-depth discussion of Spotify. Other contemporary 'things' touched on in their analysis include smart phones and watches, as well as digital platforms and applications such as Google, Facebook and Twitter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Reading \u003ci\u003eChanging Things\u003c\/i\u003e, you have the sense that until this book, we have been drifting when it comes to digital interaction design, inadequately translating how we make physical things to a realm with very different dynamics. Wiltse and Redstrom offer not just a guide for designers crafting coherent interactions in connected and flowing contexts, but the beginnings of an ontology of digitally-enabled or -located experiences.” —\u003ci\u003eCameron Tonkinwise, Professor of Interdisciplinary Design at the University of Technology, Sydney\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Things have never been stable. Yet, they have never been as fluid as they are today. By enriching our understanding of contemporary objects, Redström and Wiltse offer designers a new vocabulary to discuss how things exist and are expressed in a digital world.” —\u003ci\u003eElisa Giaccardi, Professor and Chair of Interactive Media Design at Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“In \u003ci\u003eChanging Things\u003c\/i\u003e, Redström and Wiltse develop a critical, rich and compelling new theory of things that is essential for thinking, designing and living in a digital age. Their concept of \u003ci\u003efluid assemblages\u003c\/i\u003e is a vital contribution for making sense of the networked and dynamic nature of designed digital things today as well as in the multiple possible futures that we may design. Most importantly, they invite us to join the conversation, paying close attention to the ways in which our shifting relations with things are as important as those we have with one another.” —\u003ci\u003eLaura Forlano, Associate Professor of Design at Illinois Institute of Technology, USA\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781350141032\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Bloomsbury Visual Arts","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40713017917646,"sku":"9781350141032","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_94a78ff8-9f9e-472e-bb34-93075d0b7bf2.jpg?v=1640839107","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781350141032","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}