Abstract
Cherished utilitarian objects can provide comfort and pleasure through their associations to our personal past and the time and energy we have invested in and with them. In this paper, we present a specific type of object relationship, which we call the companion. They are mundane objects that accrued meaning over time, and evoke tiny pleasures when we interact with them. We then draw insights from the HCI research literature on digital possessions and attachment that could be applied to enhance digital products or processes with companion qualities. We argue the importance to design for digital companionship in everyday use products, for example by enabling the accruement of subtle marks of the owners past with the product. We wish to evoke thought and awareness of the role of companions, and how this relationship can be supported in digital products
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 28th Australian Conference on Computer-Human Interaction |
Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) |
Pages | 170-174 |
Number of pages | 5 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-1-4503-4618-4 |
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Publication status | Published - 29 Nov 2016 |
Event | OzCHI '16 Proceedings of the 28th Australian Conference on Computer-Human Interaction - Launceston, Tasmania, Australia Duration: 29 Nov 2016 → 2 Dec 2016 http://www.ozchi.org/ozchi2016/ |
Conference
Conference | OzCHI '16 Proceedings of the 28th Australian Conference on Computer-Human Interaction |
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Abbreviated title | OzCHI '16 |
Country/Territory | Australia |
City | Tasmania |
Period | 29/11/16 → 2/12/16 |
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Keywords
- Digital possessions
- memory cues
- product relationships
- traces of use
- interaction design