The use of improvisational role-play in user centered design processes

Authors:
Yanna Vogiazou;Jonathan Freeman;Jane Lessiter
Affiliations:
Psychology Department, Goldsmiths College London, University of London;Psychology Department, Goldsmiths College London, University of London;Psychology Department, Goldsmiths College London, University of London
Venue:
HCI'07 Proceedings of the 12th international conference on Human-computer interaction: interaction design and usability
Year:
2007

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Abstract

This paper describes the development and piloting of a user-centered design method which enables participants to actively engage in a creative process to produce intuitive representations and inspire early design concepts for innovative mobile and ubiquitous applications. The research has been produced as part of the EC funded project PASION, aiming to enhance mediated communication in games and collaborative environments through the introduction of socio-emotional information cues, represented in meaningful yet abstract enough ways to accommodate variable thresholds of privacy. We describe our design research methodology, which combines analytical approaches, aiming to uncover participant's needs, desires and perceptions with creative, generative methods, with which participants inform and inspire the design process.