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A Social Language Of Objects And Artifacts: Concepts Of Materiality In Practice-Based Approaches To Knowing In Organization, Connie Svabo
A Social Language Of Objects And Artifacts: Concepts Of Materiality In Practice-Based Approaches To Knowing In Organization, Connie Svabo
Nordes Conference Series
This article is an inquiry about design. It gives an introductory overview to the vocabulary of ‘materiality’, which is used by a chosen selection of social theories. The article shows a language of artifacts and objects as it is used within practice-based approaches to knowing in organization.
To Reflect On Interaction Form, In Practice, Hanna Landin
To Reflect On Interaction Form, In Practice, Hanna Landin
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How to teach reflective skills within form in interaction design to students with a background mainly in computer science and only to a small degree in design? As part of ongoing work on answering that question one example of an exercise is presented and concluding remarks made.
Storytelling And Repetitive Narratives For Design Empathy: Case Suomenlinna, Jonas Fritsch, Andrea Júdice, Katja Soini, Phillip Tretten
Storytelling And Repetitive Narratives For Design Empathy: Case Suomenlinna, Jonas Fritsch, Andrea Júdice, Katja Soini, Phillip Tretten
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Today it is widely established in design research that empathy is an important part of creating a true understanding of user experience as a resource for design. A typical challenge is how to transmit the feeling of empathy acquired by user studies to designers who have not participated in the user study. In this article, we show how we attained an empathic understanding through storytelling and aroused empathy to others using repetitive narratives in an experimental presentation bringing forth factual, reflective and experiential aspects of the user information. Taking as a starting point our experiences with the design project Suomenlinna …
Designing For Inquisitive Users: A Pragmatist Perspective On Users In Experience-Oriented Interaction Design., Peter Dalsgaard
Designing For Inquisitive Users: A Pragmatist Perspective On Users In Experience-Oriented Interaction Design., Peter Dalsgaard
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This article presents a perspective on users of experience-oriented interactive systems based on a pragmatist foundation. The perspective is characterized by the interrelated aspects of experience, inquiry, and conflict. The consequences of this perspective for understanding users in the design of experienceoriented interactive systems are discussed on the basis of case-studies of two Nordic experienceoriented installations. The contribution of this article is a critical reconceptualization of users as inquisitive co-creators of interactive experiences, and reflections on consequential design implications.
A Collaboratively Produced Do-It-Yourself Newsarticle, Kjen Wilkens, Clara Blasco López, Yekta Gürel, Victoria Pérez
A Collaboratively Produced Do-It-Yourself Newsarticle, Kjen Wilkens, Clara Blasco López, Yekta Gürel, Victoria Pérez
Nordes Conference Series
In this article we explore the possibilities of producing, sharing and consuming self-produced media in cafés. We developed a concept for a newsarticle which is produced with very simple and intuitive tools such as pen, article and scissors. The Newsarticle is entirely produced and printed in a café by its visitors. We connect the concept to the punk fanzine movement of the late 70s and 80s when the upcoming photocopier and the simplicity of the tools lead to a large amount of DIY (do it yourself) fan magazines so called"fanzines".
New Representation Techniques For Designing In A Systemic Perspective, Nicola Morelli, Christian Tollestrup
New Representation Techniques For Designing In A Systemic Perspective, Nicola Morelli, Christian Tollestrup
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Global production is challenging industrial production to generate solutions that adequate global production to a local systemic conditions. In some case the challenge consists in producing highly individualised and localised solutions, which require new forms of cooperation with local actors, including local service providers and final users. In some case the level of involvement requested to the new actors is high, they can therefore be considered as co-workers in the production of the final solution and the overall view of the production system should be extended to include them as co-producers.
Understanding The Essence Of Environmentally Sound Products: Some Insights Into Ecoluxury Design., Piia Rytilahti, Minna Uotila, Maxim Narbrough
Understanding The Essence Of Environmentally Sound Products: Some Insights Into Ecoluxury Design., Piia Rytilahti, Minna Uotila, Maxim Narbrough
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The study presents a conceptual framework for sustainable goods relative to their environmental aspects. The fundamental theoretical perspective chosen for the present project views the phenomenon of sustainable development and environmentally sound design in the light of Karl Popper’s thinking. The thinking has led us to distinguish two paradigms of environmentally sound design, which define the phenomenon of sustainability on the level of form and content. In between the two main approaches of Finnish hunting pursuits there is now emerging a new form of outdoor-culture. In the new culture, the traditions of trekking in the wilderness are melding with the …
'Architectural Gaits': Architectures As Technologies And Techniques, Katrine Lotz
'Architectural Gaits': Architectures As Technologies And Techniques, Katrine Lotz
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Attempts to describe and define ‘the role of the architect’ or the notion of architecture ‘itself’, often inherit a displacement between the interests in processes and the interests in interpretations of, or preceptions for either the results as ‘good quality’ or for the practise as ‘good conduct’. They tend to produce rigid models of the design-process, sociologically reducing explanations or mere ethical judgements. (Lawson, Cuff, Lundequist, Effekt:42) With this blurred and blurring difference as a point of departure, the interest in the competencies and strategies performed in the processes gets difficult conditions. The quests for the essences of either ‘Architecture’ …
Conceptualisations In Design Research, Leif Östman
Conceptualisations In Design Research, Leif Östman
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This is a design theoretical article and a mapping and explanations of different types of conceptualisations within the field of design. The aim Is to clarify the aim and position of design theory, In relation to design and design research. The article distinguishes six different types of conceptualisations and ends with some questions regarding how design theory and research quality can be promoted.
Interaction Design And Service Design: Expanding A Comparison Of Design Disciplines, Stefan Holmlid
Interaction Design And Service Design: Expanding A Comparison Of Design Disciplines, Stefan Holmlid
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While product design and interaction design are establishing themselves as ordinary practices, service design is still largely not well understood. Moreover, interactive artefacts are being introduced into service settings in a larger degree than before. We tend to rely on these artefacts as one, or sometimes the sole, possibility to do banking, to declare our taxes, etc. In this article we seek to identify common ground and differentiation in order to create supportive structures between interaction design and service design. The analysis relies on two frameworks, one provided by Buchanan, defining orders of design, and one provided by Edeholt and …
Conducting Form: The Use Of Gestural Hand Movement As A Part Of The Digital Design Tool-Set., Tavs Jørgensen
Conducting Form: The Use Of Gestural Hand Movement As A Part Of The Digital Design Tool-Set., Tavs Jørgensen
Nordes Conference Series
This article describes a practice based research project undertaken at the Autonomatic Digital Research Cluster at University College Falmouth.
Fabrics In Function: Emotional Utility Values, Anne Louise Bang
Fabrics In Function: Emotional Utility Values, Anne Louise Bang
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In recent years the challenges for the textile industry has changed because of technological development and outsourcing. The consequence is an increased focus on innovation in the textile trade. This article describes the objectives in a three year research project. In order to contribute to the establishment of an initial framework for the project it has a focus on how to explore costumers and users emotional experiences with fabrics. The three year research project is based on experimental design research and the textile designer’s competences and knowledge. During the research project exploring approaches will be developed and carried out with …
Designing Cultural Probes To Study ‘Invisible’ Communitie In Brazil, Andrea Júdice, Marcelo Júdice
Designing Cultural Probes To Study ‘Invisible’ Communitie In Brazil, Andrea Júdice, Marcelo Júdice
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The objectives of this article are to describe how and for what reasons probes can be applied for working with marginalised communities and to discuss the complexities involved in create probes for people with poor skills in reading and writing. People in these communities have a low level of education and a high level of health problems, live below the poverty line in slums, and are considered “invisible” by other, professedly “developed” communities. The applied Probe Packages were developed on the basis of information received from health area specialists and ethnographic data. We conclude that, despite the time consumed, the …
Personal Theory Towards A Model Of Knowledge Development For Design Practitioners, Grete Refsum
Personal Theory Towards A Model Of Knowledge Development For Design Practitioners, Grete Refsum
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What does theory mean for design practitioners?
Domestication As Design Intervention., Sara Routarinne
Domestication As Design Intervention., Sara Routarinne
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The article reports a study in which design prototypes where domesticated in different households in order to collect responses to them. These responses were then compared to the intentions that were articulated by the designers in a previous study, and embedded in the design of the design prototypes. The results indicate that some of the intentions were found whereas others were not. For example, the scenarios for use presented by the designers were not realized in actual use. Nevertheless, the more abstract intentions articulated for these prototypes were found. On the one hand, the results suggest that design prototypes act …
From Program To Design: How Architects Use Briefing Documents, John Heinz, Flemming Overgaard
From Program To Design: How Architects Use Briefing Documents, John Heinz, Flemming Overgaard
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Architects often express dissatisfaction with the briefing documents consisting of long and detailed lists of technical requirements for each space within a perspective building. While this information is essential, it fails to transmit the feel for the project essential to the architect as the starting point for design. Architects therefore repeat much of the effort of preparing the brief – interviews with client and users, precedent studies, excursions to recent projects – in their preparation for design. This suggests the question: how much of this effort can be saved through better selection and presentation of briefing information. This study will …
Participatory Design Of A Cross-Media Community For Societal Action: Lessons From Avatopia, Ylva Gislén, Jonas Löwgren, Ulf Myrestam
Participatory Design Of A Cross-Media Community For Societal Action: Lessons From Avatopia, Ylva Gislén, Jonas Löwgren, Ulf Myrestam
Nordes Conference Series
A cross-media platform was designed for a community of young teenagers oriented towards societal change, a task which motivated a deeply sociotechnical participatory design process. The final outcome involved an interactive web forum featuring creative and communicative collaborative tools in a 3D avatar environment, combined with a weekly show in national public-service television. An assessment of our work indicates that a participatory design process, where participants transition into the role of mentors and norm carriers upon deployment, can be a feasible way to support subcultural community building towards »difficult« topics, even though it entails considerable resource demands. This result is …
The Patient As Skilled Practitioner, Jacob Buur, Kyle Kilbourn
The Patient As Skilled Practitioner, Jacob Buur, Kyle Kilbourn
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We challenge the limiting view imposed on interaction design by the concept of usability because we hope to bring more awareness of and sensitivity toward skilled practitioners to the forefront of the design process. This article draws upon empirical research examples of patients who ‘do’ home hemodialysis and asks what happens when patients are considered skilled practitioners rather than as victims? In this article we argue for a change of perspective, from users to skilled practitioners in the design of technological devices. We advocate to design tools for enskilment, allowing for a sense of empowerment.
Evaluating Three Tools For User-Centered Materials Selection, Ilse Van Kesteren, Sjef De Bruijn, Pieter-Jan Stappers
Evaluating Three Tools For User-Centered Materials Selection, Ilse Van Kesteren, Sjef De Bruijn, Pieter-Jan Stappers
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Three tools were recently developed for assisting product designers and clients in discussing userinteraction aspects of materials for new products. After using the tools, product designers are expected to start a more effective materials search than without using the tools. The first tool defines the user-interaction via pictures of product examples and the materials these products are made of (pictures tool). The second tool focuses on the sensorial aspects of materials via tangible materials (samples tool) and the third tool focuses on the sensorial aspects of materials during several phases of the user-product interaction (questions tool). In this article we …
Waterfront Development With Web Mediation, Andrew Morrison, Synne Skjulstad, Birger Sevaldson
Waterfront Development With Web Mediation, Andrew Morrison, Synne Skjulstad, Birger Sevaldson
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The term ‘unreal estate’ is coined to refer to online mediations of projected and planned urban developments, especially luxury domestic residency. A related website is studied as a mediation of co-ordinated artifacts and assembled persuasion. The site is also examined as a mediating artifact through which multiple representations are co-articulated. Taking the form of a visual essay, we argue that at tention is needed to mediation in design research.
Femalegaze Meets Undressman, Magnus Mörck, Magdalena Petersson
Femalegaze Meets Undressman, Magnus Mörck, Magdalena Petersson
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While Dressmann is a large Norwegian-owned men’s wears chain store, highly visible in Swedish malls, Undressmann only exists in the imagination of the creators of the Hunks of Hisingen Island– a calender of male pin-ups published in Sweden for 2006. Three women recruited the men, took the photographs, designed the calendar discussed in our article, they arranged its printing and distribution, including a catwalk event, where the men were put on live display. Hunks of Hisingen is an example of women designing a commodity and marketing the product, which is the spectacle of young attractive men posing for a female …
Framing Innovation In Co-Design Sessions With Everyday People., Salu Ylirisku, Kirsikka Vaajakallio, Jacob Buur
Framing Innovation In Co-Design Sessions With Everyday People., Salu Ylirisku, Kirsikka Vaajakallio, Jacob Buur
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This article presents how the framing of co-design events in the emerging field of User-Driven Innovation can be facilitated to deliver relevant design results. The new challenges stemming from the open design briefs are discussed in the light of a concept design project with ageing workers.
Configuration Practices Of Service Technicians, Larisa Sitorus, Jacob Buur
Configuration Practices Of Service Technicians, Larisa Sitorus, Jacob Buur
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The increasing need for interactive and configurable technologies in the field of industrial refrigeration seems to push the direction of research towards gaining a better understanding about both the practice of and tools for configuring. In this article, we present three vignettes of configuration practices based on ethnographic studies of service technicians in the field of industrial refrigeration. To further expand our understanding about the complexity of technician’s work and configuration practice, we incorporate both design and participatory approaches to involve users in elaborating about the ways in which their practice is influenced by their colleagues,work organization and technology. In …
Learning About Interactivity From Physical Toys, Eva Hornecker
Learning About Interactivity From Physical Toys, Eva Hornecker
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Interaction Design is about designing interactions. We thus need to understand what makes up (good) ‘interactivity’. This article discusses experiences with an exercise that aims to sensitize students for interaction qualities and to make them familiar with central concepts on the nature of interactivity through analysis of physical toys. Reflecting on students’ insights and observations provides us with a deeper understanding of abstract notions and their complex interrelation, and with vivid examples, giving evidence of the exercise’s value.
How Tangible Mock-Ups Support Design Collaboration, Eva Brandt
How Tangible Mock-Ups Support Design Collaboration, Eva Brandt
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This article is a contribution to a more conscious use of tangible mock-ups in collaborative design processes. It describes a design team’s use of mock- ups in a series of workshops involving potential customers and users. Focus is primarily on the use of three-dimensional design mock-ups and how differences in these affected the dialogue. Reflective conversations were established by using tangible mock-ups as “things-to-think with”. They served as boundary objects that spanned the gap between the different competencies and interests of participants in design. The design mock-ups evoked different things from different participants whereas the challenge for the design team …