Abstract
This pictorial describes the process and rationale behind the design features of AscoltaMe (in Italian, "listen to me"). This is a computational object imbued with the intent to help families overcome the emotional barriers they may experience during a disruptive life event, as they attempt to maintain healthy communication. With a focus on the object's material qualities and temporal form, the pictorial introduces and visually outlines tactfulness as the fundamental characteristic that enables objects designed for sensitive settings to be intentful in ways that are appropriate and sensitive.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | DIS'17 |
Subtitle of host publication | Proceedings of the 2017 Conference on Designing Interactive Systems |
Editors | O. Mival |
Place of Publication | New York |
Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) |
Pages | 943-955 |
Number of pages | 13 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 978-1-4503-4922-2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2017 |
Event | DIS'17 The 2017 Conference on Designing Interactive Systems - Edinburgh, United Kingdom Duration: 10 Jun 2017 → 14 Jun 2017 |
Conference
Conference | DIS'17 The 2017 Conference on Designing Interactive Systems |
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Country/Territory | United Kingdom |
City | Edinburgh |
Period | 10/06/17 → 14/06/17 |
Keywords
- Objects with Intent
- tactfulness
- computational expressivity
- material qualities
- temporal form
- sensitive settings
- families
- communication
- disruptive life events