Monthly Archives: January 2010

Emotional design and social interfaces

By Chloe Fan | Published: January 18, 2010
Earlier today, I watched Objectified, a great documentary about industrial design.  It reminded me of how permanently-built and unsustainable many material things are, and how easy it is for us to form emotional attachments to objects with personal stories that we then are reluctant to part with.  At the same time, I was thinking about different [...]
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Research focus, v.1

By Chloe Fan | Published: January 15, 2010
Last semester, I talked with my advisor, Jodi, about what I wanted to focus on for my research.  I decided that I liked WiiPaint’s research question, and tweaked it to ask broader questions such as: - How can we encourage people to approach and engage with technology in public spaces? - How can ambient technology [...]
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