Interaction Design as a Bricolage Practice

Anna Vallgårda, Ylva Fernaeus

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    Abstract

    With this paper we propose bricolage as an interaction design practice. We make the case that bricolage promotes design qualities that are specifically tuned to tangible and material computing practices in that it is highly sensible towards the unstable physical world and proposes a non-hierarchical negotiation of forms. We further show how bricolage can aid design results with strong and rich cultural and material grounding. Finally, we argue how bricolage and mythical thinking can be proponents for new ways of thinking and using technology.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationProceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction : TEI 2015
    Number of pages8
    Place of PublicationNew York
    PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
    Publication dateJan 2015
    Pages173-180
    ISBN (Print)978-1-4503-3305-4
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Jan 2015

    Keywords

    • Bricolage
    • mythical thinking
    • design practice
    • interaction design
    • tangible computing
    • material computing

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