Ideas of Things

Abstract

This paper presents a first glance at the IOT Design Kit, a modular set of design tools that was assembled to help creative teams in the early phases of internet-of-things product design and development. The IoT Design Kit focuses on the practitioner's point of view and can support teams in defining, exploring, crystallising and selecting network-connected product ideas. In comparison to existing toolkits, a main differentiator of the IoT Design Kit is that it offers various starting points, depending on existing knowledge, expertise or project background.