‘EXPRESSIVE’ Tagged Posts

“Getting a Grip on Tangible Interaction”

“…A Framework on Physical Space and Social Interaction” by Eva Hornecker, Jacob Buur (2006) A framework for the interweaving of the material/physical and the social aspects of tangible interaction. Framework: Tangible Manipulation: material representations with distinct tactile qualities, which are typically physically manipulated in tangible interaction. Spatial Interaction: tangible interaction is embedded in real space, [ READ MORE ]

“When it gets more difficult, use both hands”

“…Exploring Bimanual Curve Manipulation” by Russell Owen, Gordon Kurtenbach, George Fitzmaurice, Thomas Baudel, Bill Buxton (2005) Investigated “…relationship between bimanual (two-handed) manipulation and the cognitive aspects of task integration, divided attention and the epistemic action.” “We provide evidence that the bimanual technique has better performance than the unimanual technique and, as the task becomes more [ READ MORE ]

“Tangled Interaction”

“…On the Expressiveness of Tangible User Interfaces” by Johan Redström “…aesthetic potential of overloading the object’s surface by adding several layers of interaction.” “…how through a certain design we aim to make a computational thing express what it can do through the way it presents itself to us through use over time.” Differences between designing [ READ MORE ]

“Technical Power and Cultural Demand”

“…The decline of teh age of mechanisation and the discovery of complexity.” by Ezio Manzini (reference) “Each solution comes from another; each innovative product represents a diversion from existing ones, and begins with their remake.” “Man’s activity has reached other dimensional levels, has penetrated into spaces and times that we might imagine, but not understand.” [ READ MORE ]

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