PizzaBlock: Designing Artefacts and Roleplay to Understand Decentralised Identity Management Systems

Jonathan Rankin; Chris Elsden; Ian Sibbald; Alan Stevenson; John Vines; Chris Speed

doi:10.1145/3357236.3395568

PizzaBlock: Designing Artefacts and Roleplay to Understand Decentralised Identity Management Systems

Jonathan Rankin, Chris Elsden, Ian Sibbald, Alan Stevenson, John Vines, Chris Speed

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Abstract

This pictorial describes in detail the design, and multiple iterations, of PizzaBlock - a role-playing game and design workshop to introduce non-technical participants to decentralised identity management systems. We have so far played this game with six different audiences, with over one hundred participants - iterating the design of the artefacts and gameplay each time. In this pictorial, we reflect on this RtD project to unpack: a) How we designed artefacts and roleplay to explore decentralised technologies and networks; b) How we communicated the key challenges and parameters of a complex system, through the production of a playable, interactive, analogue representation of that technology; c) How we struck a balance between playful tangible gameplay and high-fidelity technical analogy; and d) How approaches like PizzaBlock invite engagement with complex infrastructures and can support more participatory approaches to their design.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	DIS '20
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the 2020 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference
Place of Publication	New York
Publisher	ACM
Pages	1593–1606
Number of pages	14
ISBN (Print)	9781450369749
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3357236.3395568
Publication status	Published - 3 Jul 2020
Event	DIS2020: Designing Interactive Systems 2020: More than Human Centred Design - Eindhoven, Netherlands Duration: 6 Jul 2020 → 10 Jul 2020 https://dis.acm.org/2020/

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Conference	DIS2020: Designing Interactive Systems 2020
Abbreviated title	DIS
Country/Territory	Netherlands
City	Eindhoven
Period	6/07/20 → 10/07/20
Internet address	https://dis.acm.org/2020/

Keywords

Design Methods
Identity Management
Distributed Ledger Technologies
Decentralisation
Bodystorming
Pizza

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Rankin, J, Elsden, C, Sibbald, I, Stevenson, A, Vines, J & Speed, C 2020, PizzaBlock: Designing Artefacts and Roleplay to Understand Decentralised Identity Management Systems. in DIS '20: Proceedings of the 2020 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference. ACM, New York, pp. 1593–1606, DIS2020: Designing Interactive Systems 2020, Eindhoven, Netherlands, 6/07/20. https://doi.org/10.1145/3357236.3395568

PizzaBlock: Designing Artefacts and Roleplay to Understand Decentralised Identity Management Systems. / Rankin, Jonathan; Elsden, Chris; Sibbald, Ian et al.
DIS '20: Proceedings of the 2020 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference. New York: ACM, 2020. p. 1593–1606.

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