Research
My research investigates the role technology plays in people’s relationships with their environment. I propose an experience design framework for understanding and enhancing the emotional and social qualities of people’s relationships and experiences, through designing, building, and evaluating interactive products and services. Specifically, I focus on how people adapt themselves within changing and unchanging contexts, such as in transitions, including the move between environments or from one role to another.
At a high level, the elements of my framework, titled the ‘modes of transitions’, include routine, performance, narrative, and ritual, which addresses the material, manner, function, and form of an experience, respectively. The designer works with performance and routine to design the frame of the product, while people give flesh and soul to the experience, building their own narrative and rituals.
Safe-ride |
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Reverse Alarm Clock |
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Digital Selves |
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Exploratory Programming for Interactive Behaviors |
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