Gustbowl: technology supporting affective communication through routine ritual interactions

  • Authors:
  • Wouter van der Hoog;Ianus Keller;Pieter Jan Stappers

  • Affiliations:
  • Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands;Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands;Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands

  • Venue:
  • CHI '04 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
  • Year:
  • 2004

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Abstract

The Gustbowl enables parents and out-of-house children to bring back the feeling of coming home and allow for low-threshold, uncomplicated communication through using an aesthetically pleasing product. Technology is used to reconnect mother and grown-up son, by anchoring communication in routine daily actions. Prototypes were tested over longer periods of time to develop and evaluate both the intended routine use and improvised focused use of the bowl.