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Emergent Interaction: Creating Spaces for Play.

The article focuses on the interactive aspects of technology design. It explains that technology is designed to be used and therefore, to interact with people. The concept of "interaction design" is explored and differentiated from human-computer interaction (HCI) in that it places more focus on des...

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Published in:Design Issues Vol. 24; no. 3; pp. 58 - 72
Main Authors: Matthews, Ben, Stienstra, Marcelle, Djajadiningrat, Tom
Format: Article
Published: MIT Press Summer2008
Subjects:
Interactive multimedia
Interactive computer systems
Human-computer interaction
Technological innovations & society
Communication & technology
Design research
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:The article focuses on the interactive aspects of technology design. It explains that technology is designed to be used and therefore, to interact with people. The concept of "interaction design" is explored and differentiated from human-computer interaction (HCI) in that it places more focus on design. Technological innovations and the increasing ambiguity between work and leisure are discussed as challenges to research in technology design. Various examples of interactive technology are described, including games involving floor tiles.