making sense of thingsHazel White

Design Research 2011

backgroundpast projectscurrent projects

Kirkcudbrightpopulation 2800

Pendant24 carat gold, White, 1993

body interventions

Permanent Fixture

Wedding Ring

Insertion Technique:

Make 4mm incision to reveal bone. Clamp tissue.

Drill bone to depth of 5mm. Use guide mechanism to insert 5mm self-tapping screw. Suture wound.

Contraindications:

Bone will calcify around screw threads in 6 – 8 weeks preventing removal. High risk of septicaemia due to open nature of wound. Tissue trauma indicated.

body interventions

Judge Dredd

Kookmin University, Seoul

Design Mensch, (Human Design) Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg

White + Sim, Second Wedding Ring

jewellery: objects that tell stories

analogue

analogue digital

IBM Philips and Swarovski

Jayne WallaceBlossom

Peter Wright: Technology as Experience

Jayne Wallace and Andy Dearden: Future Interaction Design

Action Research Lewin, K, 1946 and Swann, C. 1995

Jewelcodewith Ewan Steel

Processing: Casey Reas and Ben Fry

Ewan Steel

Written on the Body: with Ewan Steel

Who is it for?What’s it for?

user-testing

Physical Computing

aesthetics and functionaffordance

Charmedwhat can jewellery tell us about what we wantfrom wearable technology?

Methodology

Gaver, B., Dunne T., Pacenti, E. (1999) Cultural Probes in: interactions, Vol 6, Issue 1, Jan/Feb 1999. ACM Press, NY

cultural probes

participant notes

monitoring caring

specialisation (Dourish)

surveillance awareness

QR Code

How could a digital crafted object connect Shetlanders to their dispersed families?

fiddling fair isle fire festivals

QR Code

fiducial tag

Fair Isleknitting

dotted outpatterns

software development by Paul Mackinnon

the hamefarers kist | knitted remotes

Domesticating TelecareShetland Telecare ProjectNora Kearney, Professor of Cancer Care

Jo Hodge and Children’s Hospice Association Scotland

the value of making fast physical prototypes how to collaborate with othersto involve potential users in the design process early onto communicate verbally about my workthe value (and limitations) of my knowledge

‘muser’-centred to user-centred