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Embodying Meaningful Digital Media: A Strategy to Design for Product Attachment in the Digital Age

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Clementine Thurgood,

Elise van den HovenAuthors Info & Claims

TEI '20: Proceedings of the Fourteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction

Pages 81 - 94

https://doi.org/10.1145/3374920.3374921

Published: 09 February 2020 Publication History

Abstract

Technological products have become central to the ways in which many people communicate with others, conduct business and spend their leisure time. Despite their prevalence and significance in people's lives, these devices are often perceived to be highly replaceable. From a sustainability perspective, there is value in creating technological products with meaning directly associated with their materiality to reduce the rate of product consumption. We set out to explore the potential for design to promote the formation of product attachment by creating technological devices with meaningful materiality, closely integrating the physical form with the significance of its digital contents. We used the life stories and ongoing input of our intended user as inspiration for the creation of Melo, a bespoke music player. The evaluation and critical reflection of our design process and resulting artefact are used to propose a design strategy for promoting product attachment within the growing sector of technological devices.

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Index Terms

Embodying Meaningful Digital Media: A Strategy to Design for Product Attachment in the Digital Age
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. HCI design and evaluation methods
      1. User studies
  2. Interaction design
    1. Empirical studies in interaction design
    2. Interaction design process and methods
      1. User centered design

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TEI '20: Proceedings of the Fourteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction

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Elise van den Hoven
University of Technology Sydney (Australia) & Eindhoven University of Technology (the Netherlands)
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University of Sydney (Australia)
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Wellesley College (USA)
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University of Twente (Netherlands)
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