Gustbowl: technology supporting affective communication through routine ritual interactions

ABSTRACT

The Gustbowl enables parents and out-of-house children to bring back the feeling of coming home and allow for low-threshold, uncomplicated communication through using an aesthetically pleasing product. Technology is used to reconnect mother and grown-up son, by anchoring communication in routine daily actions. Prototypes were tested over longer periods of time to develop and evaluate both the intended routine use and improvised focused use of the bowl.

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  H. Information Systems
  H.1 MODELS AND PRINCIPLES
      H.1.2 User/Machine Systems
          Subjects: Human factors

Additional Classification:
  H. Information Systems
  H.5 INFORMATION INTERFACES AND PRESENTATION (I.7)
      H.5.2 User Interfaces (D.2.2, H.1.2, I.3.6)
          Subjects: User-centered design; Evaluation/methodology; Prototyping

General Terms:
Design, Experimentation, Human Factors

Keywords:
calm technology, experience design, interaction design, presence, product design, prototyping