{"52368":{"#nid":"52368","#data":{"type":"event","title":"GVU BROWN BAG: John Zimmerman, CMU","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EApplying product attachment theory in the practice of experience design\u2014a design inquiry\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EABSTRACT:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp; For\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nthe last several years the interaction design community has been\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nundergoing a broadening of scope from usability to user experience;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nattempting to make \u003Cem\u003Ethings\u003C\/em\u003E that improve the quality of\u003Cbr \/\u003E\npeople\u2019s lives across a range of different contexts. One perspective\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nthat seems potentially rich in the pursuit of experience, but that has\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nreceived little attention, is the theory on product attachment that\u003Cbr \/\u003E\ndescribes how people come to \u003Cem\u003Elove their things\u003C\/em\u003E. People invest\u003Cbr \/\u003E\npsychic energy into their possessions, developing attachment through\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nrepeated use as they engage in a process of identity construction. What\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nthe theory does not offer is any guidance on the process of making\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nthings that have the intention of becoming life companions; things\u003Cbr \/\u003E\npeople will come to love.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETo\u003Cbr \/\u003E\ninvestigate the value of a product attachment perspective, I have taken\u003Cbr \/\u003E\na research through design approach, making many different things.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThrough a process of making and reflecting, I developed a philosophical\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nstance, which calls for interaction designers to focus on products that\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nhelp people move closer to their idealized sense of self in a specific\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nrole; to create products that help people \u003Cem\u003Ebecome the person they desire to be\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nIn this talk I will discuss how a research through design approach\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nworked to connect product attachment theory to the design process;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nshare a few example artifacts that have been designed as a result of\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nthis stance; and detail how other interaction designers and HCI\u003Cbr \/\u003E\npractitioners might apply this perspective in practice.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBIO:\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/strong\u003EJohn\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nZimmerman is an interaction designer and design researcher with a joint\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nappointment as an Associate Professor with the Human-Computer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nInteraction Institute and the School of Design at Carnegie Mellon\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nUniversity. John has three main research areas: (i) design of\u003Cbr \/\u003E\ninteractive products through the application of product attachment\u003Cbr \/\u003E\ntheory; (ii) mixed-initiative interfaces that combine human and machine\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nintelligence; and (iii) research-through-design as a design research\u003Cbr \/\u003E\npractice in HCI. John teaches courses in interaction design, HCI\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nmethods, and the design of smart home applications. Prior to joining\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nCarnegie Mellon, John was a senior researcher in the adaptive systems\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nand interface group at Philips Research.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27154","created_gmt":"2010-02-11 15:51:34","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 01:49:39","author":"Louise Russo","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":"1304","name":"High Performance Computing (HPC)"},{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"},{"id":"50875","name":"School of Computer Science"},{"id":"50876","name":"School of Interactive Computing"},{"id":"50877","name":"School of Computational Science and Engineering"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}