Augmenting fun and beauty

Djajadiningrat, J.P.; Overbeeke, C.J.; Wensveen, Stephan

doi:10.1145/354666.354680

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“…As this example shows, metaphors are a powerful means to make a producteor interaction with iteunderstandable and pleasurable. Designers through the ages have employed metaphors for an assortment of reasons, admittedly with varying success.Product metaphorseand other metaphoric mediaeare much more than simple stylistic devices used by designers who lack originality, as some have argued (e.g., Djajadiningrat, Overbeeke, & Wensveen, 2000). As we will show, metaphorical thinking is a fundamental component of human reason, concept formation and language; the same holds true for 'design language'.…”

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Handle with care! Why and how designers make use of product metaphors

Hekkert

Cila

2015

Design Studies

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Handle with care! Why and how designers make use of product metaphors

Hekkert

Cila

2015

Design Studies

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“…What is new is not so much the tangibility of the interaction as the richness of the interaction.'' [1] We clarify the concept of movement-based interaction with two design concepts: Puppy and Explorascope.…”

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Move to get moved: a search for methods, tools and knowledge to design for expressive and rich movement-based interaction

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Overbeeke

Klooster

2006

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The world is inherently meaningful for us, i.e. we perceive the world in terms of what we can do with it, and by physically interacting with it we access this meaning and express the meaning. We believe that this is the core reason and foundation for turning to movement-based interaction. 'Interaction creates meaning' does not only hold for users during interaction but also for designers when generating ideas and developing concepts. Therefore, we postulate that if one truly likes to design for movement-based interaction, one has to be or become an expert in movement, not just theoretically, by imagination or on paper, but by doing and experiencing while designing. In order to do so, we believe that designers need design tools, techniques, knowledge, awareness and skills that support their search for expressive, rich behaviour. Our search for this support resulted in several methods, tools and knowledge that help designers exploring, visualising and reflecting on interactions. Our developed methods and tools such as the Design Movement approach with its choreography of interaction, gestural design tools, interactive installations and interactive tangible sketching, have not only supported and inspired designers to design for movement-based interaction, but also resulted in surprising, fresh designs in comparison with the limited scope of rather uniform and traditional electronic consumer products. This paper discusses the possibilities and limitations of our approach.

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“…Djajadiningrat, Overbeeke and Wensveen (2000) suggest that, to design a fun product which is difficult to use, like challenging, seductive, playful, surprising, memorable or rewarding, increase the enjoyment of experience that is more important than easy to use. Although this study reveals that the visual aspects and contextual contents of the products make the products enjoyable and fun to use, the fun products bring the concern of being easy to use.…”

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Understanding of user evaluations on fun products

Akbay

2017

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The fields of human-computer interaction and interaction design are increasingly dealing with the issues of fun, enjoyment and pleasure throughout the last two decades. The concept of fun becomes a concern in the development of usability of a product. Fun is an attribute considered to be an emotional aspect of interaction of a product. The evaluations and interpretations of fun on products are, therefore, subjective and personal which is peculiar to a user. A study, hence, was conducted to explore the term fun in everyday experience products. The aim is to understand what features and characteristics of a product make it fun and enjoyable to use. A total of twenty-nine users participated in the study. Each participant was interviewed individually in order for his/her personal attributes, interpretations and evaluations of fun to be elicited from a pool of thirty-two products. The participants' responses to open-ended questions were qualitatively analyzed by the use of content analysis procedure. The collected data was then grouped under four main categories which are visual aspect, functionality, usability, and contextual content. The findings of the study show that visual aspect of a product is the most concerned feature, followed by contextual content, usability and functionality, when evaluating the fun in everyday experience products.

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Augmenting fun and beauty

Cited by 69 publications

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Handle with care! Why and how designers make use of product metaphors

Handle with care! Why and how designers make use of product metaphors

Move to get moved: a search for methods, tools and knowledge to design for expressive and rich movement-based interaction

Understanding of user evaluations on fun products

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