Design scenarios
The introduction set out a goal for this project:
“Investigate how a smart home may combine the control and flexibility of an open source platform with the convenience of a proprietary service-based system, while inclusively catering to a diverse group of inhabitants.”
This goal was rather broad and with all the gathered information about the context, a more narrowly scoped goal can be defined:
“Provide lighting control that a non-enthusiast is familiar with, while supporting an enthusiast in the continuous development of their DIY smart home.”
To make this goal tangible for designing, it is put into scenarios.
1. A non-enthusiast is reading with the light turned up.
2. At 22:00 the house goes in evening mode and the light dims.
3. The non-enthusiast can’t continue reading.
1. Enthusiast comes home after a party ready for bed, it’s very late.
2. The house thinks they just woke up and gives them the floodlights!
3. The enthusiast has burning eyes.