Technology biographies: field study techinques for home use product development

  • Authors:
  • Mark Blythe;Andrew Monk;Jisoo Park

  • Affiliations:
  • University of York, York, U.K.;University of York, York, U.K.;Daewoo Electronics Co., Ltd., Republic of Korea

  • Venue:
  • CHI '02 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
  • Year:
  • 2002

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Abstract

The technology biography combines and adapts a number of qualitative data collection techniques to focus on past, present and possible future domestic technologies. Processes, concerns and problems of domestic life are identified in order to develop illustrative product suggestions to inspire or provoke designers.