wearable tech fashioning the future

WEARABLE TECHFASHIONING THE FUTURE

LIZA KINDRED@LIZAK

WEARABLE TECHFASHIONING THE FUTURE

LIZA KINDRED@LIZAK

WEARABLES?!? LIZA KINDRED@LIZAK

WEARABLES?!? LIZA KINDRED@LIZAK

SO MUCH HYPE

SO MUCH MEH

SO MUCH MATTERS.

HERE’S HOW TO THINK ABOUT IT.

What is Wearable Tech?

WHAT IS IT?

PART OF THE INTERNET OF THINGS

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PART OF THE INTERNET OF THINGS

Ingestibles

INGESTIBLES

WEARABLE TECH ISTECHNOLOGY DEVICES

THAT WE WEAR ON (OR IN?) OUR BODIES

SO MUCH HYPE

!

1OF5US ADULTS

AN INTERNET OF THINGS DEVICE ALREADY HAS

Source: Forrester

!

Source: Patrick Tucker

MORE CONNECTED DEVICES

(SINCE 2008)

THAN HUMAN BEINGS

!

OF US & UKWEAR THEM NOW

Source: Rackspace

18%

!

GROWTH IN DEMANDFROM 2012 TO 2013

Source: WGSN

400%

!

CONNECTED DEVICESBY 2018

Source: BI Intelligence

9BILLION

!

IN 3 TO 5 YEARSSource: Credit Suisse

50BILLION$

!

CONNECTED DEVICES

Source: Business Spectator

26BILLION

HUNDREDS OF BILLIONSIN REVENUE

SO MUCH HYPE

SO MUCH MEH

SO MUCH MEH

UM

DO WE NEED THAT?UM...

NO MORE BRACELETS

Device Overload

Battery Life Sucks

Crashy mc crasherston

STALKING MEQUIT

IT’S JUST NOTTHERE YET

IT’S JUST NOTTHERE YETTHE FUTUREIS NOT THE PRESENT

—MATT LAKE

1462

WHERE’S MYJETPACK?

SO MUCH MATTERS

BUILDING WEARABLE TECH

VALUES

BUILDING WEARABLE TECH

VALUESJOSH CLARK LIZA KINDRED SCOTT JENSON DAVID VANESSELSTYNRACHEL HINMAN

NO MORENOVELTY

NO MORENOVELTY

NO MORE...BRACELETSTRACKERSNEW DEVICES (MAYBE)

CREATE UTILITY

...OR JOY

BUILD ON STANDARDS

BE OPEN

FUTURE PROOF THAT SH*T

FUTURE PROOF THAT SH*T

FUTURE PROOF THAT SH*T

DESIGN FOR CONTEXT

PROVIDE SECURITY

BUILD FOR THE NETWORK

DESIGN FORHUMANS

BLENDFASHION

WITH TECH

BUILD IT TO LAST

NARROW THE DIVIDE

MAKE SOMETHINGTHE WORLD

NEEDS

THANKS!

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