Internet of Things Design Manifesto 1.0 Released

IOT Design Manifesto 1.0 has been recently released. This manifesto serves as a code of conduct for everyone involved in developing the Internet of Things, outlining 10 principles to help create balanced and honest products in a burgeoning field with many unknowns.

Ten principles of the Manifesto 1.0 are:

1. We don’t believe the hype
2. We design useful things
3. We aim for the win-win-win
4. We keep everyone and everything secure
5. We build and promote a culture of privacy
6. We are deliberate about what data we collect
7. We make the parties associated with an IoT product explicit
8. We empower users to be the masters of their own domain
9. We design things for their lifetime
10. In the end, we are human beings.

For the initial version following advisors were part of the advisory board:

• Louisa Heinrich - Strategist, Speaker, Designer, Instigator; Founder at Superhuman Ltd.
• Prof. Elisa Giaccardi - Professor of Interactive Media Design at Delft University of Technology
• Rob van Kranenburg - Founder of Council the internet of things
• Lorna Goulden - Director at Creative Innovation Works.

As per advisory board, this manifesto is intended to be a living document that the larger community of peers working within the IoT field can contribute to and improve upon. Till yet more than two hundred people have signed the manifesto.