Using visuals to explore the contextual aspects of user-product interactions


Autoria(s): Chamorro-Koc, Marianella; Popovic, Vesna; Blackler, Alethea L.; Kraal, Ben J.
Contribuinte(s)

Roozenburg, Norbert

Chen, Lin-Lin

Jan Stappers, Pieter

Data(s)

04/11/2011

Resumo

Experience underlies all kinds of human knowledge and it is dependent on context. People’s experience within a particular context-of-use determines how they interact with products. Methods employed in this research to elicit human experience have included the use of visuals. This paper describes two empirical studies that employed visual representation of concepts as a means to explore the experiential and contextual component of user- product interactions. One study employed visuals that the participants produced during the study. The other employed visuals that the researcher used as prompts during a focus group session. This paper demonstrates that using visuals in design research is valuable for exploring and understanding the contextual aspects of human experience and its influence on people’s concepts of product use.

Formato

application/pdf

Identificador

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/47029/

Publicador

Delft University of Technology

Relação

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/47029/3/47029.pdf

http://www.iasdr2011.org/

Chamorro-Koc, Marianella, Popovic, Vesna, Blackler, Alethea L., & Kraal, Ben J. (2011) Using visuals to explore the contextual aspects of user-product interactions. In Roozenburg, Norbert , Chen, Lin-Lin , & Jan Stappers, Pieter (Eds.) Proceedings of IASDR2011, the 4th World Conference on Design Research, Delft University of Technology, Delft.

Direitos

Copyright 2011 please consult authors

Fonte

Faculty of Built Environment and Engineering; School of Design

Palavras-Chave #120300 DESIGN PRACTICE AND MANAGEMENT #120305 Industrial Design #Visual representation of concepts #Context of use #User product interaction
Tipo

Conference Paper