{"50226":{"#nid":"50226","#data":{"type":"event","title":"GVU BROWN BAG: John Zimmerman, CMU","body":[{"value":"\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbstract\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor\nthe last several years the interaction design community has been\nundergoing a broadening of scope from usability to user experience;\nattempting to make things that improve the quality of\npeople\u2019s lives across a range of different contexts. One perspective\nthat seems potentially rich in the pursuit of experience, but that has\nreceived little attention, is the theory on product attachment that\ndescribes how people come to love their things. People invest\npsychic energy into their possessions, developing attachment through\nrepeated use as they engage in a process of identity construction. What\nthe theory does not offer is any guidance on the process of making\nthings that have the intention of becoming life companions; things\npeople will come to love. \n\u0026nbsp;\nTo\ninvestigate the value of a product attachment perspective, I have taken\na research through design approach, making many different things.\nThrough a process of making and reflecting, I developed a philosophical\nstance, which calls for interaction designers to focus on products that\nhelp people move closer to their idealized sense of self in a specific\nrole; to create products that help people \u003Cem\u003Ebecome the person they desire to be\u003C\/em\u003E.\nIn this talk I will discuss how a research through design approach\nworked to connect product attachment theory to the design process;\nshare a few example artifacts that have been designed as a result of\nthis stance; and detail how other interaction designers and HCI\npractitioners might apply this perspective in practice.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch4\u003EBio\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cp\u003EJohn\nZimmerman is an interaction designer and design researcher with a joint\nappointment as an Associate Professor with the Human-Computer\nInteraction Institute and the School of Design at Carnegie Mellon\nUniversity. John has three main research areas: (i) design of\ninteractive products through the application of product attachment\ntheory; (ii) mixed-initiative interfaces that combine human and machine\nintelligence; and (iii) research-through-design as a design research\npractice in HCI. John teaches courses in interaction design, HCI\nmethods, and the design of smart home applications. Prior to joining\nCarnegie Mellon, John was a senior researcher in the adaptive systems\nand interface group at Philips Research.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t                \u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Applying product attachment theory in the practice of experience design\u2014a design inquiry","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Applying product attachment theory in the practice of experience design\u2014a design inquiry"}],"uid":"27197","created_gmt":"2010-01-27 16:09:29","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 01:49:32","author":"Renata Le Dantec","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2010-01-28T11:00:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2010-01-28T12:00:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2010-01-28T12:00:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2010-01-28 16:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2010-01-28 17:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2010-01-28 17:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1216","name":"Digital Lounge - Gaming"},{"id":"1217","name":"Digital Lounge - Digital Life"},{"id":"1218","name":"Digital Lounge - Entertainment and Music"},{"id":"1219","name":"Digital Lounge - Health and Education"},{"id":"1220","name":"Digital Lounge"},{"id":"1299","name":"GVU Center"},{"id":"65001","name":"Digital Lounge - Robotics"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"5743","name":"GVU Brown Bag"},{"id":"4887","name":"GVU Center"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}