Compost table – participatory design towards sustainability

Abstract

This paper describes the participatory design methods used to produce a design with an aim of creating an emotional investment for the users. The designers in the project were the users themselves with facilitators guiding them throughout the five phases of the project; contextual inquiry, future workshop, low-fi prototyping, hi-fi prototyping and evaluation. Participatory design plays a great role in order to create and deliver a product that reflects the needs of a user. With a persuasive design in mind we argue for the importance of creating a deeper connection between a design and user. The paper shows how an artefact is capable of achieving the desired behaviour if associated with emotions, in this his case, to recycle and to bring a user closer to nature and therefore motivating a fusion with the environment.

Affiliations

Dept. of Computer and System Sciences, Stockholm University, Borgarfjordsg. 12, 164 55 Stockholm, Sweden,

Contributors

Emmi Parviainen

Ellinor Lagerstöm

Preben Hansen

Conference

Publication date: July 2016

Publication date (Print): July 2016

Pages: 1-3

ID: 10.14236/ewic/HCI2016.63

Copyright statement: © Parviainen et al. Published by BCS Learning and Development Ltd. Proceedings of British HCI 2016 Conference Fusion, Bournemouth, UK

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Conference name: Proceedings of the 30th International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference

Conference acronym: HCI

Conference number: 30

Conference location: Bournemouth University, Poole, UK

Conference date: 11 - 15 July 2016

Conference sponsor: Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)

Conference theme: Fusion

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Product Information: 1477-9358 BCS Learning & Development

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Categories

Series title: Electronic Workshops in Computing