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Are Users The New Designers?

In 2010, James Bridle discovered that his Apple iPhone was collecting and storing his location data. The experience brought him to the realization that as a user, his actions were actually helping to design the experience he had. This week, author Paul Blackburn shows how the roles of user and designer will become more intertwined, as IoT technology becomes commonplace in our daily lives.

“Lots of people still like newspapers, it’s just that many of the business models are broken. We’ve sidestepped that by working out how to make money by printing five copies of a newspaper, or 5,000 – large media businesses can’t think that small. The core of the system is still in the beta testing phase, but it allows users to design and print their own 12-page tabloid newspaper.” -The Guardian, reporting on RIG London’s Newspaper Projects.

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