Pictorial presentation at #DIS2014, Vancouver, Canada http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2598510.2602964&coll=DL&dl=ACM&CFID=394826875&CFTOKEN=96657591

1. DIS 2014 | June 21st-25th | Vancouver, Canada
GROWING TRACES ON OBJECTS OF DAILY USE
A product design perspective for HCI
Elisa Giaccardi . Elvin Karana . Holly Robbins . Patrizia D’Olivo
Industrial Design Engineering, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
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Source: Portraits of My Family by Camilla Catrambone

2. MATERIAL TRACES
in product design

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Gold Wedding Ring by Torafu Architects

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Evolving Narrative by Puma

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Verderame by Odo Fioravanti

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Underfall by Kristine Bjaadal

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Beetle Infested Table by Hooker & Co.

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Front by Droog Design

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Do Scratch by Droog Design

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Do Break by Droog Design

11. TRACE AS CATEGORY
Rosner et al. (2012) “Designing with Traces”
Proc. CHI 2013, pp. 1649-1658.

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Stain Tea Cups by Laura Bethan Wood

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16. Q: Which role does the aesthetic
quality of material traces play in
supporting ( or not ) engaging
experiences with ordinary objects?

17. “The bond that arises between people and
products will have to concern the concrete
object in the here and now, and not only the
meanings or symbols it carries or the
functions it fulfills.”
Verbeek, What Things Do, 2005

18. Study 1: Aging characteristics of
daily life products

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12 participants
130 items

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M24

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T14

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C4

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C6

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Metals
Plastics
Woods
Ceramics
Textiles
Representation of material
traces with pictograms
Lighter hues of material family color
scratches
Bend on material surface
(metal only)
White annotation
part of the material is lost (e.g. broken, torn, etc.)
Black annotation
contains a trace via another material
Bend in material surface
(metal only)
Lighter hues of material family
color (scratches)
White annotation
(part of the material is lost)
Black annotation
(contains residue from another material)
Representation of material
traces with pictograms

25. Study 2: User perception of aged
products

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22 participants
3 samples

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Shallow nicking (common)
M24
P23
W1
C4
T15

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Deep linear scratching (common)
M23
P19
W23
C8
T14

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Material-specific traces
M8
P26
W14
C6
T2

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MATURITY

31. Study 3: Design exploration of
deliberate material traces

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35. Concept design: Growing a patina
of deliberate traces

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Computational Part
Drill Bits
Matrix of Coils
Gear Mechanism
Metal Sheet Frame
Wooden Body
Main Axis

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This is Josh
This is
chiocciola
This is the
app
This is the
code
these are the
moments
cLICK!
"VOILA!”
VAI!
engrave

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Rich communication
with and through objects

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How would people engage with the
opportunity to grow traces
on digitally connected objects?

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What form of maturity and which
focal practices would deliberate traces
provide digitally connected objects
with?

47. Thank you
And thank you to Segourney Muntslag, Mirsaeid Mousavi, Andrea
Mambrini, Ludovica Zengiaro, Pietro Malvezzi and Arianna Antognazza

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a collaboration between the Connected Everyday lab
and the Materials Experience lab at
Industrial Design Engineering