The Van UX awards happened last week and the People’s Choice Award was won by a project team from my offering the IAT 499 Graduation Project course. The team consisted of Aron Chen, Gabriel Yeung, and Venus Lau for their Inclusive Postpartum Care project with Stevie Nguyen as their industry…
Events
2 Papers + 1 Pictorial @ DIS 2018
Along with a fantastic set of colleagues that collectively span Simon Fraser University, Università della Svizzera italiana Lugano, the University of Tokyo, the University of Melbourne, and Emily Carr University, I have had 1 full paper, 1 note, and 1 pictorial accepted for publication at the DIS 2018 conference in…
5 Papers Accepted @ CHI 2018
Along with a fantastic set of colleagues that collectively span Simon Fraser University, Emily Carr University, Microsoft, Goldsmiths School of Design University of London, Eindhoven University of Technology, University of Twente, and the University of Washington, I have had 5 archival papers accepted for publication at the CHI 2018 Conference…
TPC for DIS 2018
I am a Technical Program Chair for the ACM DIS 2018 conference in Hong Kong. The theme of the DIS 2018 conference is Diversity and Design. DIS 2018 invites papers about a burning issue shaping design today: diversity. Diversity is reflected in the choice of Hong Kong as the site…
CHI 2017 Workshop on Design Research
Along with an incredible group of progressive design researchers, I am co-organizing a workshop on Design Research at CHI 2017. You can find more here. Consider submitting something! The Things of Design Research Tom Jenkins, Georgia Tech Kristina Andersen, STEIM Bill Gaver, Goldsmiths William Odom, Simon Fraser University James Pierce, Carnegie…
Slow Interaction Master Class at Newcastle University
I excited to have been invited to teach a Slow Interaction Studio Master Class at the EPSRC Digital Economy Network Summer School hosted at Newcastle University in mid July. This studio-based class will begin with an introduction to slow interaction design by describing its historical origins and reviewing a portfolio of…
Organizing CHI 2016 Workshops on Interaction Design Artifacts and Visual Literacy in HCI
Along with an incredible group of progressive design researchers, I am co-organizing two workshops at CHI 2016. Attending to Objects as Outcomes of Design Research Tom Jenkins, Georgia Tech Kristina Andersen, STEIM Bill Gaver, Goldsmiths William Odom, Simon Fraser University James Pierce, Carnegie Mellon University Anna Vallgårda, IT University of Copenhagen…
Banting Fellow Presentation at Special SFU Event
I am presenting on my research on Banting Fellowship research on Developing a Theory and Practice of Slow Interaction Design at a special SFU sponsored event and reception celebrating the work of the newly arrived fellows. I am in incredible company at this event with cutting edge research being represented across biology, chemistry,…
Dutch Design Week, exhibits & talk
Along with some great students and my colleague Ron Wakkary, I have a Design United funded exhibit at Dutch Design Week on Unaware Objects. We are exhibiting three highly polished design research products that emerged out of an Industrial Design module on Unaware Objects and Slow Interaction that myself and…
Creativity & Cognition 2015
From 22-25 June 2015 I am at the 2015 Creativity & Cognition conference in Glasgow, Scottland, I’m (i) presenting a paper on Intersecting with Unaware Objects, (ii) charing the Tools and Interfaces session, (iii) seeing some great work, and (iv) drinking Scottish ale.