Marketers strive to create cool brands, but the literature does not offer a blueprint for what
“brand coolness” means or what features characterize cool brands. This research uses a …

The exponential development of the Internet of Things (IoT) makes it essential to cater to the
quality expectations of end users. Quality of experience (QoE) can become the guiding …

Today's hospitality brands often gain a competitive advantage through being cool and
employing cutting edge technologies. Virtual Reality (VR) is one of the most novel tools to …

These days, when we float an idea for an interface or demo a prototype, the compliment that
we crave for is “This is Cool!” Coolness has become a major design goal for HCI …

The Sage handbook of digital technology research The SAGE Handbook of Digital
Technology Research Edited by Sara Price, Carey Jewitt and Barry Brown The SA GE …

Smart home technologies (SHTs), such as smart thermostats, are a growing commercial
opportunity. SHTs can offer a broad spectrum of potential functional, experiential and …

Teenagers are an understudied group within the Interaction Design and Children
community. Museums and cultural heritage spaces offer solutions for young children but …

Coolness has recently started to be explored as a design goal for interactive products from
practitioners as well as researchers within human–computer interaction (HCI), but there is …

When working with children in participatory design activities ethical questions arise that are
not always considered in a standard ethics review. This paper highlights five challenges …

Previous research has tended to focus on adults or households as a whole when
investigating attitudes and behaviours towards energy use. This study focussed on …