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Cohousing IoT: Design Prototyping for Community Life

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TEI '18: Proceedings of the Twelfth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction

Pages 667 - 673

https://doi.org/10.1145/3173225.3173244

Published: 18 March 2018 Publication History

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Cohousing IoT uses research through design to both probe alternative modes of living and prototype speculative domestic Internet of Things devices. These prototype technologies are informed by a public design process that works in two ways. First, it imagines alternatives to existing arrangements of things and devices in the home; and second, it produces prototypes that argue for new roles for internet-connected things that both support and sustain the social life of a cohousing community.

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Index Terms

Cohousing IoT: Design Prototyping for Community Life
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. HCI theory, concepts and models
  2. Interaction design
    1. Interaction design process and methods
      1. Contextual design
      2. Interface design prototyping
    2. Interaction design theory, concepts and paradigms

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TEI '18: Proceedings of the Twelfth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction

March 2018

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ISBN:9781450355681

DOI:10.1145/3173225

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KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
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Stockholm University, Sweden
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Södertörn University, Sweden
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Carleton University, Canada
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Stockholm University, Sweden

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