Improving with age: designing enduring interactive products

Authors:
William Odom;James Pierce
Affiliations:
Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia;Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA
Venue:
CHI '09 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Year:
2009

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Abstract

This study explores people's relationships with digital and non-digital objects in the home--with an eye toward the ways in which products improve rather than deteriorate over time--and how this knowledge might inform the design of more enduring and sustainable interactive products. We report our research in progress and provide a collection of initial design themes and design concepts inspired by user studies.