Designing for utilization: Putting design principles into practice

Kassenaar, P; Bredies, K; van den Hoven, E

Designing for utilization: Putting design principles into practice

Kassenaar, P Bredies, K van den Hoven, E

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Publisher:: School of Art and Design, Aalto University
Publication Type:: Conference Proceeding
Citation:: Proceedings of the Nordes '11: The 4th Nordic Design Research Conference MAKING DESIGN MATTER!, 2011, pp. 324 - 329
Issue Date:: 2011-01

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dc.contributor.author	Kassenaar, P	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Bredies, K	en_US
dc.contributor.author	van den Hoven, E https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0888-1426	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Koskinen, I	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Harkasalmi, T	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Maze, R	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Matthews, B	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Lee, JJ	en_US
dc.date	2011-05-29	en_US
dc.date.issued	2011-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Proceedings of the Nordes '11: The 4th Nordic Design Research Conference MAKING DESIGN MATTER!, 2011, pp. 324 - 329	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/29904
dc.description.abstract	Designers do not only create usable products for a predefined purpose, but also to explore new materials and technologies. In doing so, they should not restrict themselves to existing conventions, but develop new ones out of the medium at hand. These new interface forms should encourage users to appropriate an object for their own purposes - i.e. utilize it. In this paper, we will describe the development of a fabric interface prototype that should exploit the material and encourage utilization of the interface. We discuss how our theoretical perspective was translated into a concrete design, and how appropriate we judge it for utilization. We conclude that design without final goal is surprisingly hard to do, but can show the value of the medium used.	en_US
dc.publisher	School of Art and Design, Aalto University	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Proceedings of the Nordes '11: The 4th Nordic Design Research Conference MAKING DESIGN MATTER!	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Nordic Design Research Conference	en_US
dc.title	Designing for utilization: Putting design principles into practice	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
utslib.location	Helsinki, Finland	en_US
utslib.location.activity	Helsinki, Finland	en_US
utslib.for	1203 Design Practice and Management	en_US
dc.location.activity	Helsinki, Finland	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology/School of Computer Science
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - CCDP - Contemporary Design Practice
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pubs.finish-date	2011-05-31	en_US
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pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
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Abstract:

Designers do not only create usable products for a predefined purpose, but also to explore new materials and technologies. In doing so, they should not restrict themselves to existing conventions, but develop new ones out of the medium at hand. These new interface forms should encourage users to appropriate an object for their own purposes - i.e. utilize it. In this paper, we will describe the development of a fabric interface prototype that should exploit the material and encourage utilization of the interface. We discuss how our theoretical perspective was translated into a concrete design, and how appropriate we judge it for utilization. We conclude that design without final goal is surprisingly hard to do, but can show the value of the medium used.

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