Developing a physical colour input device for studying digital sketching in design

Abstract

This paper presents a development process of a sketching system prototype, with a primary focus on a component that allows the user to input colour values directly from the environment. The device can be either held in hand, or the colour materials can be fed to it. The practical aim of the research is enabling a richer variety of interaction of colour in sketching type activity, and to provide insight into the design tools developed from a design perspective. The paper describes the design of the system and the user tests, conducted with four designers, who tested different approaches towards the prototype.

Contributors

Tero Heikkinen

Jussi Mikkonen

Conference

Publication date: June 2010

Publication date (Print): June 2010

Pages: 1-6

Affiliations

Aalto University

Hämeentie 135C

Helsinki, Finland

Article

DOI: 10.14236/ewic/CREATE2010.3

Copyright statement: © Tero Heikkinen et al. Published by BCS Learning and Development Ltd. Create10 - The interaction design conference, Edinburgh Napier University, UK

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Conference name: Create10 - The interaction design conference

Conference acronym: CREATE

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Conference location: Edinburgh Napier University, UK

Conference date: 30 June - 2 July 2010

Conference sponsor: Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)

Conference theme: Create10 - The interaction design conference

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Series title: Electronic Workshops in Computing