Embodied and tangible interaction design

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Speaker
Cornelis (Kees) Overbeeke
Distinguished Nierenberg Chair, Design, Carnegie Mellon University

When
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Where
Newell-Simon Hall 1305 (Michael Mauldin Auditorium)

Description

Products, computers and systems are becoming adaptive, pro-active, intelligent, ambient etc. This shift towards “behavioral” products challenges product design. At the same time, design moved into universities, and thus needed a scientific basis. To meet these challenges design needs a body of knowledge and methods, i.e., a design science. In this talk I set out my approach to design science as it developed over the last 10 years. This approach is rooted in phenomenological philosophy, Gibsonian perception theory, and a fundamental confidence in designerly skills. I explain these three sources of inspiration and show how they boil down to “reflection on action”. By means of many examples from our research I explain what I mean by reflection on action within the design research practice.

Speaker's Bio

Kees Overbeeke (1952) studied psychology at the Leuven Catholic University (Belgium). He specialised in perception and mathematical psychology. In 1988 he did his PhD at the Delft University of Technology. The title of the thesis was “Depth through movement”. In this thesis a new system is described and tested to get a 3D impression on a flat screen. For about 18 years he worked at the Department of Industrial Design of the Delft University of Technology as associate professor. He is currently working at the new Industrial Design Department of the Eindhoven University of Technology as associate professor. This year he is Distinguished Nierenberg Chair at CMU Design. His research and teaching interests include design & emotion, interaction design, embodied interaction, expressivity and experience of products, and the resulting new philosophy of science and methodology.