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      On Being Cool – Exploring Interaction Design for Teenagers

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      27th International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference (HCI 2013) (HCI)
      Human Computer Interaction Conference (HCI 2013)
      9 - 13 September 2013
      Teenagers, Cool, Interaction Design, Requirements
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            Abstract

            This paper describes a suite of studies that investigated ‘cool’ as it applies to the design of interactive products for teenagers. Beginning with a hierarchy of cool that situated cool across three dimensions of having, doing, and being cool, the studies reported here are described in terms of their findings and the extent to which they confirm the model. The contribution, and potential, of the different methods used, in terms of their ability to describe aspects of the model and the insights gained from the findings, are discussed The work demonstrates that the model was indeed appropriate, and the combination of methods described here goes a considerable distance towards covering the exploration of the design space. For the current construction of cool, a set of key aspects for its design is presented and these concepts are demonstrated in a small example. In terms of understanding cool, it is evident that this is a complex design space; one surprising aspect of the work is an understanding of how to avoid the design of uncool.

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            Conference
            September 2013
            September 2013
            : 1-10
            Affiliations
            [0001]University of Central Lancashire

            Preston, PR1 2HE
            [0002]Northumbria University

            Newcastle, NE1 8ST
            [0003]University of Birmingham

            Birmingham, B15 2TT
            Article
            10.14236/ewic/HCI2013.17
            bb91ed7d-de4e-4f04-987a-d0b7add266f6
            © Janet C Read et al. Published by BCS Learning and Development Ltd. 27th International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference (HCI 2013), Brunel University, London, UK

            This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

            27th International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference (HCI 2013)
            HCI
            27
            Brunel University, London, UK
            9 - 13 September 2013
            Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)
            Human Computer Interaction Conference (HCI 2013)
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            1477-9358 BCS Learning & Development

            Self URI (article page): https://www.scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10.14236/ewic/HCI2013.17
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            Categories
            Electronic Workshops in Computing

            Applied computer science,Computer science,Security & Cryptology,Graphics & Multimedia design,General computer science,Human-computer-interaction
            Teenagers,Requirements,Interaction Design,Cool

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