Matter of transformation

Designing an Alternative Tomorrow Inspired by Phenomenology

Dados Bibliográficos

ID15326348
AutoresCaroline Hummels (0000-0003-1630-7886, Eindhoven University of Technology, autor correspondente), Pierre Lévy (0000-0003-2801-0588, Eindhoven University of Technology)
Ano2013
Volume20
Fascículo6
Páginas42-49
Data de publicação2013-11-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
Periódicointeractions (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1072-5520 • E-ISSN: 1558-3449
EditoraAssociation for Computing Machinery (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1145/2533713
OpenAlexW2153363861
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas3
Referências citadas9

In this month’s cover story, Caroline Hummels and Pierre Lévy propose an alternative, value-based vision for design: Can we create alternative ways to engage with the world based on trusting our senses? Where intuition is as valuable as logic? Where commitment and engagement are valuable assets for growth? Where people can take a first-person perspective and be in the moment, instead of forever worrying about efficiency? Growing out of a long history of work in the Designing Quality in Interaction group at TU Eindhoven, Hummels and Lévy’s vision is rooted in phenomenology and the ideas of 20th-century philosophers such as Dewey, Heidegger, and Merleau-Ponty. Over the course of the article they build their case for this new approach, highlighting projects that illustrate aspects of the vision they outline. As the cover image hints, even typically mundane objects such as vending machines can produce rich, aesthetically rewarding experiences when their design is inspired by phenomenology and its associated values such as embodiment

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