William Gaver

Biographic Data

ID1162009
NAMEWilliam Gaver
GIVEN NAMESWilliam
FAMILY NAMEGaver
SIGNATUREGAVER W
AFFILIATIONSGoldsmiths University of London
ORCID0000-0003-1275-7652
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS19
TOTAL CITATIONS11
AUTHOR COUNT19
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1986
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2019
H-INDEX2

  • ProbeTools

    Open AccessAndy Boucher, Dean Brown et al.ARTICLEinteractions2019

    column Share on ProbeTools: unconventional cameras and audio devices for user research Authors: Andy Boucher Goldsmiths, University of London Goldsmiths, University of LondonView Profile , Dean Brown Goldsmiths, University of London Goldsmiths, University of LondonView Profile , Bill Gaver Goldsmiths, University of London Goldsmiths, University of LondonView Profile , Naho Matsuda Goldsmiths, University of London Goldsmiths, University of LondonV…

  • What makes a good CHI design paper

    Open AccessWilliam Gaver, Kristina HookARTICLEinteractions2017

    No abstract available

  • In search of the elusive CHI design paper

    Open AccessWilliam Gaver, Bill Gaver et al.ARTICLEinteractions2017

    No abstract available

  • Crafting a place for attending to the things of design at CHI

    Open AccessWilliam Odom, Tom Jenkins et al.ARTICLEinteractions2017

    Over the past two years, we have organized workshops at the CHI conference that have focused on the “Things of Design Research. The goal of these workshops is simple: to explore and develop a venue at CHI for research through design (RtD) practitioners to materially share their work with each other. RtD often centers on the making of things— artifacts, systems, services, or other knowledge in the interaction-design and human-computer interaction …

  • Annotated portfolios

    Open AccessWilliam Gaver, Bill Gaver et al.ARTICLEinteractions2012

    research-article Annotated portfolios Share on Authors: Bill Gaver Goldsmiths, University of London Goldsmiths, University of LondonView Profile , John Bowers Goldsmiths, University of London Goldsmiths, University of LondonView Profile Authors Info & Claims InteractionsVolume 19Issue 4July + August 2012 pp 40–49https://doi.org/10.1145/2212877.2212889Online:01 July 2012Publication History 116citation6,562DownloadsMetricsTotal Citations116Total Do…

  • Interaction research studio

    Open AccessWilliam Gaver, Bill GaverARTICLEinteractions2011

    research-article Interaction research studio: Goldsmiths, University of London Share on Author: Bill Gaver Interaction Research Studio Interaction Research StudioView Profile Authors Info & Claims InteractionsVolume 18Issue 1January + February 2011 pp 84–87https://doi.org/10.1145/1897239.1897258Published:01 January 2011 1citation977DownloadsMetricsTotal Citations1Total Downloads977Last 12 Months127Last 6 weeks21 Get Citation AlertsNew Citation Al…

  • Creative Assemblages

    Alex Wilkie, William Gaver et al.ARTICLELeonardo2010Cited by: 3References: 4

    In this note we explore the organisation of creative, practice-led projects and the variety of research outcomes they produce, in order to question assumptions about their potential benefits

  • Home Beyond Home

    Open AccessMike Michael, William GaverARTICLESpace and Culture2009Cited by: 8References: 6

    This article attempts to explore “dwelling” in the contemporary technonatural world through a series of novel interventions in the home. In particular, users' reactions to one of three “threshold devices”—the video window, the local barometer, and the plane tracker—are studied ethnographically. Drawing on Heidegger, the authors interpret the opaque functionality of these technologies as “poetical” insofar as they facilitate users' access to the h…

  • Developing the drift table

    Open AccessAndy Boucher, Andrew Boucher et al.ARTICLEinteractions2006

    The Drift Table was developed as part of an ongoing project on domestic technologies in which we are particularly interested in promoting non-utilitarian, "ludic" values in the home [1, 2].The project started with a Cultural Probes study of London households [3], followed by development of a

  • Cultural probes and the value of uncertainty

    Open AccessWilliam Gaver, William W Gaver et al.ARTICLEinteractions2004

    When reason is away, smiles will play. --- Paul Eluard and Benjamin Péret

  • Serious Reflection on Designing Interactive Systems. (Based on the 2002 Designing Interactive Systems Conference)

    ACM Digital Library, Jonathan Arnowitz et al.BOOKSerious Reflection on Designing…2002

  • Provocative Awareness

    Open AccessWilliam Gaver, Bill GaverARTICLEComputer Supported Cooperative…2002

  • Design

    Open AccessWilliam Gaver, Bill Gaver et al.ARTICLEinteractions1999

    article Free Access Share on Design: Cultural probes Authors: Bill Gaver Royal College of Art, London, U.K. Royal College of Art, London, U.K.View Profile , Tony Dunne Royal College of Art, London, U.K. Royal College of Art, London, U.K.View Profile , Elena Pacenti Domus Academy, Milan, Italy Domus Academy, Milan, ItalyView Profile Authors Info & Claims InteractionsVolume 6Issue 1Jan./Feb. 1999 pp 21–29https://doi.org/10.1145/291224.291235Publish…

  • Situating Action II

    William Gaver, William W GaverARTICLEEcological Psychology1996

    (1996). Situating Action II: Affordances for Interaction: The Social Is Material for Design. Ecological Psychology: Vol. 8, No. 2, pp. 111-129

  • What in the World Do We Hear

    William Gaver, William W GaverARTICLEEcological Psychology1993

    Everyday listening is the experience of hearing events in the world rather than sounds per se. In this paper, I take an ecological approach to everyday listening in order to overcome constraints on its study implied by more traditional approaches. In particular, I am concerned with developing a new framework for describing sound in terms of audible source attributes. An examination of the continuum of structured energy from event to audition sugg…

  • How Do We Hear in the World? Explorations in Ecological Acoustics

    William Gaver, William W GaverARTICLEEcological Psychology1993

    Everyday listening is the experience of hearing events in the world rather than sounds per se. In this article, I explore the acoustic basis of everyday listening as a start toward understanding how sounds near the ear can indicate remote physical events. Information for sound-producing events and their dimensions is investi- gated using physical analyses of events to inform acoustic analyses of the sounds they produce. The result is a variety of…

  • Technology affordances

    Open AccessWilliam Gaver, William W GaverCONFERENCEProceedings of the SIGCHI…1991

    gaver.europarc @ rx.xerox.com Ecological approaches to psychology suggest succinct accounts ofeasily-used artifacts. Affordances are properties of the world that are compatible with and relevant for people’s interactions. When affordances are perceptible, they offer a direct link between perception and action; hidden and false affordances lead to mistakes. Complex actions can be understood in terms of groups of affordances that are sequential in …

  • The SonicFinder

    William GaverARTICLEHuman-Computer Interaction1989

    The appropriate use of non-speech sounds has the potential to add a great deal to the functionality of computer interfaces. Sound is a largely unexploited medium of output, even though it plays an integral role in our everyday encounters with the world, one that is complementary to vision. I argue that sound should be used in computers as it is in the world, where it conveys information about the nature of sound-producing events. Such a strategy …

  • Auditory Icons

    William GaverARTICLEHuman-Computer Interaction1986

    There is growing interest in the use of sound to convey information in computer interfaces. The strategies employed thus far have been based on an understanding of sound that leads to either an arbitrary or metaphorical relation between the sounds used and the data to be represented. In this article, an alternative approach to the use of sound in computer interfaces is outlined, one that emphasizes the role of sound in conveying information about…