20 Years of exploring Intelligent Systems – stby
Summary
On these types of projects, Stby often works with early adopters and lead users; conducting research with these people helps inform designs for the wider population. Over the last twenty years, Stby has engaged in discussions around digital inclusion of online services, human-centeredness of smart cities, ethics around data privacy with AI and many more. Our roles as design researchers and curious people have made the last two decades of technology revolution a very interesting time to work through and now reflect upon (as it continues to develop at a rapid speed). For example, Stby was doing foundational design research projects about wearables and other sensors as early as 2003 and 2007, years before products like smart watches for e-health hit the scene around 2014/2015. We decided to create the game fully out of paper so it could easily be reproduced in both the Amsterdam and London offices, with just a few hours of cutting and glueing!