Output details
11 - Computer Science and Informatics
Newcastle University
Article title
Aesthetics and experience-centered design
Type
D - Journal article
Title of journal
ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction
Article number
18
Volume number
15
Issue number
4
First page of article
-
ISSN of journal
1557-7325
Year of publication
2008
Number of additional authors
2
Additional information
<20>This paper makes a critical contribution to recent debate about the relationship between usability and beauty, and more widely between design and engineering, which has been important in the HCI community following the publication of Blythe Monk, Wright, and Overbeeke’s book, Funology (2003, Kluwer). The paper uses a digital jewellery case study to develop a new conception of the ‘aesthetics of use’ which subsumes usability rather than counterposes it. It also offers a detailed analysis of an empathic, craft/DIY/hacking approach to digital design, which is becoming a significant theme in the CHI design community.
Interdisciplinary
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Cross-referral requested
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Research group
D - Digital Interaction
Citation count
42
Proposed double-weighted
No
Double-weighted statement
-
Reserve for a double-weighted output
No
Non-English
No
English abstract
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