Finding Design Value in Modern Mundanity

The Entoptic Field Camera as Metaphor-Driven Research-through-Design with AI Technologies

“…To frame this further, as noted in Frayling's conceptualization of RtD [36], what we seek to demonstrate is that the field's ability to conduct "practical experiment[s]" with technologies holds potential for work in this space. There is a long line of research emphasizing the importance of using visually rich content in HCI design research [14] such as photo-rich research products which showcase design and material processes [54,63,115] as well as reflecting on values, scenarios, and aesthetics of images all at once [67,73].…”

A Plurality of Practices: Artistic Narratives in HCI Research

“…There are also barriers in utilizing such tools such as accesibility, wealth, or even the mundane such as processing power, or brand. But there are no barriers to making marks on a surface, dancing within a space, or finding beauty in the mundane [25]. Some of our practices are rooted in the interface and underlying program, made real by our mastery of the machine and algorithm, but others are rooted in media that have been used for millenia, such as charcoal and graphite.…”