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EPSRC Reference:	GR/S70326/01
Title:	Theory & method for experience-centred design
Principal Investigator:	Wright, Professor P
Other Investigators:	Monk, Professor A
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Project Partners:	Hewlett Packard Image Semantics Sapient Ltd
Department:	Computer Science
Organisation:	University of York
Scheme:	Standard Research (Pre-FEC)
Starts:	01 March 2004	Ends:	28 February 2007	Value (£):	203,369
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:	Human-Computer Interactions
EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications:	Creative Industries
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Human-computer interaction research has made significant progress towards models and methods for user-centred design but this approach is less appropriate for meeting the new challenges posed by domestic, leisure and ubiquitous computing. Here, successful design cannot be measured solely in terms ease-oflearning or task-effectiveness. Rather designers are concerned with concepts such as user trust, identity engagement and enjoyment.Using a theoretical framework developed by the PI, we will clarify the concept of experience as it applies to the design and analysis of domestic and leisure technologies and through case studies develop a critical methodology and a toolkit of techniques for experience-centred design. This will provide experiencecentred designers with support for (1) Exploring users' past, current and future projected experience of home and leisure technologies in general and with reference to specific applications; (2) Analysing users' expectations and the meanings associated with particular domestic, and leisure activities and the technology potentially used to support them; (3) Tracking users' experience during episodes of interaction with technology; (4) Analysing how users' perceived values and meanings change through repeated use.This proposal thus represents a substantial and adventurous theoretical and methodological contribution to the field of HCI and interaction design.
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