Matt Webb is a principal of the creative design consultancy Schulze & Webb where his work has included material prototypes for Nokia, Web strategy for the BBC, and exploration into the future uses of RFID.
S&W works in near-term product R&D and, as embodied in the USB puppet Availabot , has a special focus on the social life of stuff.
Matt speaks on interaction design and technology, is co-author of Mind Hacks , cognitive psychology for a general audience, and builds polite social software and Web toys. He can be found at Interconnected and in London.
In current generation of makers and consumers, the attitudes and trends we see in Web 2.0 aren't limited to the online space.
Using projects by Schulze & Webb and others, I'll show how ideas such as community, connectedness and creativity can manifest in physical products - particularly in the area of consumer electronics - and how they form a design approach applicable off the Web and on it.