Weaving stories: Toward repertoires for designing things

D Oogjes, R Wakkary - Proceedings of the 2022 CHI Conference on …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
While much work is underway within the context of posthuman design, this research is often
described from a dominantly human perspective. It rarely accounts for the creative capacities …

Diffraction-in-action: designerly explorations of agential realism through lived data

P Sanches, N Howell, V Tsaknaki, T Jenkins… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
Recent design research has shown an interest in diffraction and agential realism, which
promise to offer generative alternatives when designing with data that resist treating data as …

Validity and Rigour in Soma Design-Sketching with the Soma

A Ståhl, V Tsaknaki, M Balaam - ACM Transactions on Computer-Human …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
We report on the design processes of two ongoing soma design projects: the Pelvic Chair
and the Breathing Wings. These projects take a first-person, soma design approach …

Felt experiences with Kombucha Scoby: Exploring first-person perspectives with living matter

N Ofer, M Alistar - Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Designing with living organisms can offer new perspectives to design research and
practices in HCI. In this work, we explore first-person perspectives through design research …

Cracks in the success narrative: Rethinking failure in design research through a retrospective trioethnography

N Howell, A Desjardins, S Fox - ACM Transactions on Computer-Human …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
What can design researchers learn from our own and each other's failures? We explore
“failure” expansively—turning away from tidy success narratives toward messy unfoldings …

Introduction to the special issue on first-person methods in HCI

A Desjardins, O Tomico, A Lucero… - ACM Transactions on …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
In this introduction to the special issue on First-Person Methods in (Human-Computer
Interaction) HCI, we present a brief overview of first-person methods, their origin, and their …

Entangled Reflections on Designing with Leaky Breastfeeding Bodies

K Helms - Proceedings of the 2021 ACM Designing Interactive …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
Bodily transformations that attend breastfeeding include entanglements of more-than-human
materials and agencies. These can be seen in exchanges of physical matter, such as …

Wear Your Heart on Your Sleeve: Using Digital Knitting Machines to Craft Wearable Biodata Portraits

L Jones, G Grip, S Nabil - Proceedings of the 2023 ACM Designing …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Biofeedback sensors that measure body signals, such as heart rate, are often used for bodily
awareness and behavioural change. In contrast, for this project, we wanted to use body …

Autospeculation: Reflecting on the Intimate and Imaginative Capacities of Data Analysis

B Kinnee, A Desjardins, D Rosner - … of the 2023 CHI Conference on …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Given decades of Human computer interaction (HCI) research focused on scientific
empiricism, it can be hard for the field to acknowledge that data analysis is both an …

Sharing Earthquake Narratives: Making Space for Others in our Autobiographical Design Process

C Núñez-Pacheco, E Frid - Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
As interaction designers are venturing to design for others based on autobiographical
experiences, it becomes particularly relevant to critically distinguish the designer's voice …