I n t e r a c t i o n d e s i g n f o r g r e e n l i v i n g Marianne Graves Petersen Department of Computer Science University of Aarhus, Denmark [email protected].

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Marianne Graves PetersenDepartment of Computer Science

University of Aarhus, [email protected]

Outline

•What is interaction design

•Interaction design for the home

•Interaction design for green living

interaction design

designing interactive products and services to support the way people communicate and interact in their everyday and working lives

historical development in

interaction design

In practice, today technology is often poorly integrated in the physical environment

woodroof et al "portable, but not mobile: A study of wireless laptops in the home."

proc. Pervasive 2007

interaction design for the home

•Interaction design is a resource in shaping the way we live within our homes and other buildings

vision on future home

When she enters the hall the house map indicates that her husband Peter is at an art fair in Paris, and that her daughter Charlotte is in the children's playroom... (...) ... she briefly connects to the playroom to say hello to Charlotte, and her video picture automatically appears on the flat screen that is currently used by Charlotte... In the mean time she selects one of the displayed menus that indicate what can be prepared with the food that is currently available from the pantry and the refrigerator...

- Philips vision on ambient intelligence 2004 -

complementing efficient living with

playful living•Complementing automation with user control and reflection

•A lot of technology-driven development focuses on rationalizing domestic life and making it more efficient

•There is an unexplored potential in designing for playful living - also with respect to energy consumption

Designing playful ways of engaging with digital materials in the home

Everyday Special Project

•Turning the dull and mundane into playful activities

•the energy game

•playing with digital photos in the home

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home

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- Morph1to5 Karen Johanne Kortbek Kika Kjærside Line Langballe -

The right display and interaction at the right

place

moving digital contents between displays with a

gesture

Building and field-testing

Interaction design for green living

• Designing for human engagement and visibility of energy consumption in everyday life giving people means for

• reminding• monitoring• putting consumption into perspective• advice regarding new acquisitions

• Should explore both efficient and playful ways of engaging with energy consumption

• Should explore both automation and human control and negotiation

• Embedding energy

Concept for visualizing energy consumption in a

building (natural science museum)• Investigating the building from an

energy consumption perspective

•Context specific information on energy consumption

•Energy game

•Energy game

Interaction design for green living

• Designing for human engagement and visibility of energy consumption in everyday life giving people means for

• reminding• monitoring• putting consumption into perspective• advice regarding new acquisitions

• Should explore both efficient and playful ways of engaging with energy consumption

• Should explore both automation and human control and negotiation

• Embedding energy