Abstract
Ajna is a musical cabinet made from a rich composition of acoustic materials and designed to perform digitally composed music. In this paper, we aim to unpack the design as well as key aspects of the design process that lead up to this unique artwork. We base our analysis on interviews with its two creators as well as on observations of Ajna performing in different contexts. From the perspective of interaction design, we first analyse the process of its making through the negotiations between physical form, temporal from, and the interactive gestalts. Lastly, we place these negotiations in a larger picture of bricolage as a design approach. Based on this we then discuss the qualities of bricolage in interaction design.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 2014 conference on Designing interactive systems (DIS'14) |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery |
| Publication date | 2014 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-1-4503-2902-6 |
| Publication status | Published - 2014 |
Keywords
- Musical cabinet
- Acoustic materials
- Digital music performance
- Design process
- Interaction design
- Physical form
- Temporal form
- Interactive gestalts
- Bricolage
- Design approach