This paper is about the application of user-influencing design for improving wellbeing,
focusing on the ethical issue of finding the right balance between determination and …

This paper challenges the assumption that humans should naturally be given primacy over
non-human actors in the design process. New technological capabilities are starting to give …

This chapter suggests possibility-driven design as an alternative to the common problem-
driven approach. A first part explores the concept of" possibilities" and how it relates to …

User studies, whether conducted through qualitative ethnographic interviews or through
more clinical and behaviorist analyses of specific affordances and interfaces, have …

In a more-than-human world of design and designing, outcomes and experiences are the
result of a sustained yet more uncertain interplay between people and networked …

The design of our own lives is about how technology guides and changes us. The book
brings together converging trends in design theory and philosophy of technology concerning …

Design scholars from diverse fields have attempted to assist marginalized social groups by
redirecting design thinking toward their needs. By offering alternatives to dominant design …

Although design thinking is often understood as a practical approach to creativity and
innovation in design, it builds on highly refined theories. Many influential ideas were …

Decolonizing design through the perspectives of cosmological others: Arguing for an
ontological turn in design research and prac Page 1 16 feature XRDS • WINTER 2019 • VOL.26 …

A long tradition of discourse and practice claims that technology designers need to take note
of the characteristics and aspirations of potential users in design. Practitioners in the field of …