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Move to get moved: a search for methods, tools and knowledge to design for expressive and rich movement-based interaction

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The world is inherently meaningful for us, i.e. we perceive the world in terms of what we can do with it, and by physically interacting with it we access this meaning and express the meaning. We believe that this is the core reason and foundation for turning to movement-based interaction. ‘Interaction creates meaning’ does not only hold for users during interaction but also for designers when generating ideas and developing concepts. Therefore, we postulate that if one truly likes to design for movement-based interaction, one has to be or become an expert in movement, not just theoretically, by imagination or on paper, but by doing and experiencing while designing. In order to do so, we believe that designers need design tools, techniques, knowledge, awareness and skills that support their search for expressive, rich behaviour. Our search for this support resulted in several methods, tools and knowledge that help designers exploring, visualising and reflecting on interactions. Our developed methods and tools such as the Design Movement approach with its choreography of interaction, gestural design tools, interactive installations and interactive tangible sketching, have not only supported and inspired designers to design for movement-based interaction, but also resulted in surprising, fresh designs in comparison with the limited scope of rather uniform and traditional electronic consumer products. This paper discusses the possibilities and limitations of our approach.

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Acknowledgments

We like to thank Aadjan van der Helm, Rob Luxen, Gerda Smets, Tom Djajadiningrat, Stephan Wensveen, Philip Ross, Joep Frens, Hans van Balkom, Riny Voort, Jan de Moor, Pieter Jan Stappers, Rudolf Wormgoor, David Keyson, Paul Hekkert, Han Chul Jung, Johannes Zachrisson, Miguel Bruns Alonso, the Maeterlingschool in Delft and the Maartenskliniek in Nijmegen, as well as all participating students and colleagues who made these projects a success.

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  1. Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Landbergstraat 15, 2628 CE, Delft, The Netherlands

    Caroline Hummels

  2. Department of Industrial Design, Eindhoven University of Technology, Den Dolech 2, 5612 AZ, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

    Kees C. J. Overbeeke & Sietske Klooster

  3. Design Movement, Berberisstraat 16, 1032 EL, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Sietske Klooster

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Hummels, C., Overbeeke, K.C.J. & Klooster, S. Move to get moved: a search for methods, tools and knowledge to design for expressive and rich movement-based interaction. Pers Ubiquit Comput 11, 677–690 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00779-006-0135-y

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