Pleo is one of the more advanced interactive toys currently available for the home market, taking the form of a robotic dinosaur. We present an exploratory study of how it was int...
A design rationale (DR) is a representation of the reasoning which has been invested in a design [1]. This short paper describes the use of the QOC Design Space Analysis approach ...
Simon Buckingham Shum, Allan MacLean, Justin Forde...
In this position paper I reflect on the challenges to design, set up and evaluate a user experience in hybrid contexts, i.e., physical and digital ones, of everyday life. Categori...
This paper presents research that engages with virtual worlds for education users to understand design of these applications for their needs. An in-depth multi-method investigatio...
In this paper we explore sustainability in interaction design by reframing concepts of user identity and use in a domestic setting. Building on our own work on everyday design and...