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Title |
Title of document |
Touching a Stranger: Designing for Engaging Experience in Embodied Interaction |
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Creator |
Author's name, affiliation, country |
Mads Hobye; Malmö University; |
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Creator |
Author's name, affiliation, country |
Jonas Löwgren; Malmö University; Sweden |
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Subject |
Discipline(s) |
Interaction Design |
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Subject |
Keyword(s) |
Embodied Interaction, Engaging Experience, Research Through Explorative Design. |
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Description |
Abstract |
We present Mediated Body, an exploration into designing for engaging experience in embodied interaction. Mediated Body entails a Suit worn by a Performer engaging in social play with a Participant. The Performer and the Participant each wear a pair of headphones, and when they touch each other’s bare skin, they both hear a complex sound pattern. Our approach, which we call research-through-explorative-design, is a combination of experimental design in the lab and explorative design in the field, where qualitative assessments are used to elicit transferable knowledge contributions. This paper represents a case study of this somewhat innovative research approach in action. On the topical level, our results include three artifact-level elements that contribute to engaging experience: connecting touch and audio with the right balance between direct and emergent responsivity, justifying bare-skin touch between strangers, and providing open-ended action props with non-trivial internal complexity. Moreover, we suggest three experiential qualities as analytical tools pertaining to engaging experience in embodied interaction: the duality of performative immersion, the “magic circle” of transformative social play, and the explorative nature of emergent meaning-making. |
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Publisher |
Organizing agency, location |
Chinese Institute of Design |
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Date |
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2011-12-31 |
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Peer-reviewed Article |
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Format |
File format |
PDF, HTML |
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Identifier |
Universal Resource Indicator |
https://www.ijdesign.org/index.php/IJDesign/article/view/976 |
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Source |
Journal/conference title; vol., no. (year) |
International Journal of Design; Vol 5, No 3 (2011) |
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Language |
English=en |
en |
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Rights |
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