Motivated and informed by perspectives on sustainability and design, this paper draws on a diverse body of scholarly works related to energy and materiality to articulate a perspe...
Many HCI researchers have recently begun to examine the opportunities to use ICTs to promote environmental sustainability and ecological consciousness on the part of technology us...
Emergence is a concept that is not easy to grasp, since it contradicts our idea of central control and planning. In this work, we use a swarm of robots as a tangible tool to visua...
When using the computer, each user has some notion that "these applications are important" at a given point in time. We term this subset of applications that the user va...
Joshua M. Hailpern, Nicholas Jitkoff, Joseph Subid...
This paper describes a new tool for use in the process of brainstorming workshops on HCI called "Open-ended objects". Open-ended objects are open-ended interactive exper...
In this study we attempt to quantify the popularity of mobile music device utilization. We present an observational method to study music interaction in the wild and assess the re...
Artifacts can be used to inspire, guide, and create new designs. As approaches to design can range from focusing on inspiration to formalized reasoning, we seek to create and stud...
Shahtab Wahid, Stacy M. Branham, D. Scott McCricka...
This two-day workshop brings together the interdisciplinary community of scholars and practitioners involved in the design of interactive systems and sharing a common interest in ...
The design and use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has now evolved beyond its workplace origins to the wider public, expanding to people who live at the margins ...
Christopher A. Le Dantec, Jim Christensen, Mark Ba...