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Enhancing Remote User Research through Virtual Experience Prototypes
Enhancing Remote User Research through Virtual Experience Prototypes
Additionally accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, remote user research has become an increasingly popular mode of inquiry to obtain…
New Ways of Seeing Light: Media Architecture and Digital Placemaking
New Ways of Seeing Light: Media Architecture and Digital Placemaking
Light — as we know it — is really so much more than a means to providing clearer vision for our day-to-day activities.
No Animals were Harmed in the Making of this Conference
No Animals were Harmed in the Making of this Conference
Some thoughts on how Covid-19 changed our vision for the 32nd Australian conference on computer-human interaction.
From Ambiguity to Articulated Impact: Perspectives on Design for Resilience
From Ambiguity to Articulated Impact: Perspectives on Design for Resilience
The world we live in is continuously changing, and we are required to adapt, pivot individually and collectively in response. In the face…
How to Deal with Uncertainty When Designing new Products and Businesses
How to Deal with Uncertainty When Designing new Products and Businesses
Why uncertainty can kill a project and a simple strategy for addressing uncertainty when designing products or businesses.
Communicate, Critique and Co-create (CCC) Future Technologies through Design Fictions in VR…
Communicate, Critique and Co-create (CCC) Future Technologies through Design Fictions in VR…
Design Fiction using VR
Pluriversal Design & Participatory Learning
Pluriversal Design & Participatory Learning
On June 4th, I participated in my first virtual (un)conference: Pivot2020, hosted by The Phyllis M. Taylor Center for Social Innovation…
The Nature of BioDesigned Systems:
The Nature of BioDesigned Systems:
What are the future directions for HCI?
Designing urban robots for hybrid placemaking experiences
Designing urban robots for hybrid placemaking experiences
Robots are entering our cities. Here are some lessons learnt from a design-led field study on how to design them for human-friendly cities.
Future/Next: A design activity to help your distributed team collaborate better.
Future/Next: A design activity to help your distributed team collaborate better.
In the face of social distancing and self-isolation, we’ve quickly shifted into crisis management mode — reacting to transform…
Five Human-Centred Design Methods to Use in Your Projects When You Are in Isolation
Five Human-Centred Design Methods to Use in Your Projects When You Are in Isolation
You might not immediately think of these methods when teaching or working on human-centred design projects remotely due to Covid-19.
How to find a PhD supervisor
How to find a PhD supervisor
Like many academics, I frequently receive emails from students seeking a position as a PhD candidate in our university. Sometimes…