Invisible Design: Exploring Insights and Ideas through Ambiguous Film Scenarios

Pam Briggs; Mark Blythe; John Vines; Stephen Lindsay; Paul Dunphy; Andrew Francis Monk; Patrick Olivier

Invisible Design: Exploring Insights and Ideas through Ambiguous Film Scenarios

Pam Briggs, Mark Blythe, John Vines, Stephen Lindsay, Paul Dunphy, Andrew Francis Monk, Patrick Olivier

Psychology

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Abstract

Invisible Design is a technique for generating insights and ideas with workshop participants in the early stages of concept development. It involves the creation of ambiguous films in which characters discuss a technology that is not directly shown. The technique builds on previous work in HCI on scenarios, persona, heatre, film and ambiguity. The Invisible Design approach is illustrated with three examples from unrelated projects; Biometric Daemon, Panini and Smart Money. The paper presents a qualitative analysis of data from a series of workshops where these Invisible Designs were discussed. The analysis outlines responses to
the films in terms of; existing problems, concerns with imagined technologies and design speculation. It is argued that Invisible Design can help to create a space for critical and creative dialogue during participatory concept development.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 2012 ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems
Publisher	ACM
Pages	534-543
Publication status	Published - 2012

New approaches to banking for the older old
Blythe, M. & Olivier, P.
EPSRC
1/05/10 → 30/04/12
Project: Research project (funded) › Research

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Invisible Design: Exploring Insights and Ideas through Ambiguous Film Scenarios

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