Moving from personal space to social space, and from the innate human desire for communication and community, we will explore the transition from one to the other and the role that wearable technologies have, and can play, in this journey.

1. Making Sense of Wearables | Despina Papadopoulos | ITP, NYU Spring 2015 Class 07: Intimacy & Communication
Making Sense of Wearables
ITP, Spring 2015
Class 7
Intimacy & Communication
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2. Making Sense of Wearables | Despina Papadopoulos | ITP, NYU Spring 2015 Class 07: Intimacy & Communication
Intimacy
Trust
Privacy
Communication
(community)
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3. Making Sense of Wearables | Despina Papadopoulos | ITP, NYU Spring 2015 Class 07: Intimacy & Communication
Language
(private)
(tacit)
(explicit)
(shared)
(verbal)
(non-verbal)
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4. Making Sense of Wearables | Despina Papadopoulos | ITP, NYU Spring 2015 Class 07: Intimacy & Communication
On Kawara, I am Still Alive

5. Making Sense of Wearables | Despina Papadopoulos | ITP, NYU Spring 2015 Class 07: Intimacy & Communication

6. Making Sense of Wearables | Despina Papadopoulos | ITP, NYU Spring 2015 Class 07: Intimacy & Communication
Non Verbal Communication
http://center-for-nonverbal-studies.org/

7. Making Sense of Wearables | Despina Papadopoulos | ITP, NYU Spring 2015 Class 07: Intimacy & Communication
http://center-for-nonverbal-studies.org/message.htm
MESSAGES
Communication. A transmittal of
information by signs, signals, cues,
or words from one living thing to
another.
Usage: Regarding nonverbal
messages, a. all cues are signals,
and b. all signals are signs--but c.
not all signs are signals, and d. not
all signs and signals are cues.
Regarding verbal messages, words
may be spoken, whistled, written, or
manually signed.

8. Making Sense of Wearables | Despina Papadopoulos | ITP, NYU Spring 2015 Class 07: Intimacy & Communication
The Duchenne Smile
The Pan Am smile, also known as the "Botox smile", is the name
given to a fake smile, in which only the zygomatic major muscle is
voluntarily contracted to show politeness. It is named after the now-
defunct airline Pan American World Airways, whose flight attendants
would always flash every jet-setter the same perfunctory smile.
Botox was not introduced for cosmetic use until 2002.

9. Making Sense of Wearables | Despina Papadopoulos | ITP, NYU Spring 2015 Class 07: Intimacy & Communication
VISUAL
AUDITORY
TACTILE
CHEMICAL

10. Making Sense of Wearables | Despina Papadopoulos | ITP, NYU Spring 2015 Class 07: Intimacy & Communication
VISUAL
AUDITORY
TACTILE
CHEMICAL

11. Making Sense of Wearables | Despina Papadopoulos | ITP, NYU Spring 2015 Class 07: Intimacy & Communication
VISUAL
AUDITORY
TACTILE
CHEMICAL

12. Making Sense of Wearables | Despina Papadopoulos | ITP, NYU Spring 2015 Class 07: Intimacy & Communication
VISUAL
AUDITORY
TACTILE
CHEMICAL

13. Making Sense of Wearables | Despina Papadopoulos | ITP, NYU Spring 2015 Class 07: Intimacy & Communication
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_space
Edward T. Hall, The Hidden Dimension

14. Making Sense of Wearables | Despina Papadopoulos | ITP, NYU Spring 2015 Class 07: Intimacy & Communication
With a single tap of the device’s only button, it opens a
private two-way voice communication channel to a pre-
determined group of fellow users. Onyx has a built-in
speaker and microphone that act as a standard two-way
speakerphone, but also has a standard headphone jack
that supports a microphone, giving the option for more
private communication.

15. Making Sense of Wearables | Despina Papadopoulos | ITP, NYU Spring 2015 Class 07: Intimacy & Communication
The GER MOOD SWEATER interprets
emotion and displays excitement
levels instantly with an illuminated
collar. It is a whimsical approach to
new forms of communication inspired
by the body.

16. Making Sense of Wearables | Despina Papadopoulos | ITP, NYU Spring 2015 Class 07: Intimacy & Communication

17. Making Sense of Wearables | Despina Papadopoulos | ITP, NYU Spring 2015 Class 07: Intimacy & Communication
"TACTILU is an example of how sound and vision are
no longer required to communicate emotions and
stories amongst people."

18. Making Sense of Wearables | Despina Papadopoulos | ITP, NYU Spring 2015 Class 07: Intimacy & Communication
Touch to stay in Touch.
Because there are times when only the language of
touch can fully express what we feel.
www.bond-touch.com

19. Making Sense of Wearables | Despina Papadopoulos | ITP, NYU Spring 2015 Class 07: Intimacy & Communication
T.Jacket provides deep touch pressure to children with
sensory needs. It simulates the feeling of a hug in
order to calm, comfort and soothe them.

20. Making Sense of Wearables | Despina Papadopoulos | ITP, NYU Spring 2015 Class 07: Intimacy & Communication
Your smart phone delivers the hug data to your friend’s smart
phone through the mobile network and the hug is seamlessly
transmitted Bluetooth to his or her The Hug Shirt™! Sending
hugs is as easy as sending any message and you will be able
to send hugs while you are on the move from Rome to Tokyo,
and New York to Paris for example.

21. Making Sense of Wearables | Despina Papadopoulos | ITP, NYU Spring 2015 Class 07: Intimacy & Communication
Lucy Orta's sculptural work
investigates the boundaries
between the body and architecture,
exploring their common social
factors, such as communication and
identity.

22. Making Sense of Wearables | Despina Papadopoulos | ITP, NYU Spring 2015 Class 07: Intimacy & Communication
The study reports three distinct findings showing how unhealthy
habits are promoted in long-term, intimate relationships: through
the direct bad influence of one partner, through synchronicity of
health habits, and through the notion of personal responsibility.
Fuller, Dawn. "Long-Term, Intimate Partnerships Can Promote Unhealthy Habits"