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Office playgrounds: Can freedom be programmed?

Sebastian Deterding, Office Playgrounds: Can Freedom Be Programmed?
Sebastian Deterding, Office Playgrounds: Can Freedom Be Programmed?

Office playgrounds: Can freedom be programmed?

Tuesday, May 10, 2016
12:00pm
Braun Lecture Hall

mediaX, Interactive Media & Games Seminar Sebastian Deterding, Assistant Professor Game Design at Northeastern University

Sebastian Deterding, Office Playgrounds: Can Freedom Be Programmed? At least since the first new economy, playful design has invaded the working world. Today, the offices of startups, digital agencies, and web companies like Google often look more like playgrounds than work spaces. According to a recent survey in the UK, 80% of managers believe that playful office spaces can motivate employees. On closer look, however, their playfulness often bottoms out in bright colors, round shapes -- and the proverbial slide. This talk asks what it might mean to make work environments truly playful, what effects it has on well-being -- and whether we can make people play.

Sebastian Deterding is a deisgner and researcher working on playful and motivational design for human flourishing. He is a reader at the Digital Creativity Hub at the University of York. Founder and principal designer of the design agency coding conduct, he has created engaging experiences touching millions of users for clients including the BBC, BMW, Deutsche Telekom, and KLM. He has keynoted and presented at venues including Lift, GDC, Games Learning Society, Google, IDEO, Playful, and Web Directions, and has been featured on TED. He is founder of the Gamification Research Network, and co-editor of The Gameful World (MIT Press, 2015). He lives online at codingconduct.cc.

Event Details


Price 
Free
Sponsor 
mediaX at Stanford University

Contact Information


Contact Name 
Jason Wilmot
Contact Phone 
(650) 924-0144
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