Playful Furniture

Breaching a Serious Setting With Interactive Seats

Bibliographic Data

ID2969856
AuthorsAnnakaisa Kultima (0000-0001-5856-5643, Tampere University), Timo Nummenmaa (0000-0002-9896-0338, Tampere University), Heikki Tyni (0000-0003-0140-4755, Tampere University, corresponding author), Kati Alha (0000-0003-0160-7376, Tampere University), Jaakko Stenros (0000-0003-0320-7042, Tampere University), Ville Kankainen (0000-0003-1356-3948, Tampere University), Jussi Holopainen (0000-0001-6264-0407, University of Lincoln), Frans Mäyrä (0000-0002-6283-417X, Tampere University)
Year2018
Volume13
Issue3
Pages301-321
Publication date2018-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueGames and Culture (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1555-4120 • E-ISSN: 1555-4139
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1555412017718749
OpenAlexW2791966047
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited38

Are shaggy seats which make cute noises playful or disruptive in a conference setting? This article pushes the limits of game scholars' lusory attitude by breaching an academic seminar with a playful experiment. Five MurMur Moderator seats, interactive and interruptive furniture prototypes, were set up at a game research seminar where they were used as ambient elements during the presentations. The experience was evaluated by observation, accompanied with seminar tweets, and by conducting a small survey after the seminar. The experiences of the participants varied from enthusiastically positive to strong negative feelings. Through this experiment, we were able to explore the important issue of polarized attitudes of adults toward play and provide some food for thought for the future design of adult play

Aesthetics · Art · Feeling · Moderation · Set (abstract data type · Computer Science · Digital Games and Media · Educational Games and Gamification · Innovative Human-Technology Interaction · Psychology · Social Psychology

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