In this paper we start from the position that sources of inspiration play an important role in the design process albeit in a frequently intangible way. We present the Inspiration...
In the excitement of the cognitive revolution, Simon proposed a way of thinking about design that promised to make it more manageable and cognitive: to think of design as a planni...
Steve R. Harrison, Maribeth Back, Deborah G. Tatar
Designers generally agree that understanding the context of use is important in designing products. However, technologically advanced products such as personal robots engender com...
This paper shows how we can take inspiration and use techniques from documentary film in pursuing user research. Documentary filmmaking has a long history of portraying everyday l...
This study explores interruption patterns among software developers who program in pairs versus those who program solo. Ethnographic observations indicate that interruption length...