Since 1970 Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) has been approached primarily from the perspective of cognition and perception. In particular, designers are very busy creating (graphical) user interfaces for our small rectangular screens and almost forget that a person consists of more than hands and eyes. When physical interactions arose from the 90’s onwards, due to developments
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📦 Prototyping Spaces in Boxes
What happens if I give my interaction design students a box packed with different materials and challenge them to design a space that is better suited to their creative collaboration? To elicit inspirational ideas about what a creative space could (or should) bring them I designed a probe called 📦 The Box. Each of the
Design Probes & Living Atlas
The second method I tried in my explorations of different participatory design methods is called ‘design probes.’ A probe is often a package of an artefact and a corresponding task. They enable the participant to record specific events or feelings actively and in his own environment. Probes are usually used explorative and in the early