I think what comes out of a lot of the examples that you mentioned is
just how much people will bend almost any media into a form of
communication. This is, for me, one of the most fascinating things
about humans and also one of most interesting aspects of designing
interaction or, rather, interactive systems. I've seen all sorts of
interactive artworks, for example, that visitors have bent into
communication with each other even though that wasn't the original
intention. If people can leave a mark, they try to communicate.
You can't design how people interact or what people say to each
other - but you can make it easy/hard for them to do so.
"Would you like fries with that?" - You can design what people say to
each other and it happens a lot in corporate culture and politics. The
question is if it is ever going to be meaningful...
Best,
Andy
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Andy Polaine
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Interaction Concept Design
Education Futures
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