Co-refining interactive systems with older adults from function, form and interaction

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    Abstract

    Designing interactive systems that are pragmatic, attractive and easy to use for older adults is challenging. Participatory design, as an approach to enhance the mutual understanding between designers and end users, has been proved to be useful to improve the quality of design for older people. However, PD research has long been criticized for extensively dealing with the early-phase design while putting less emphasis on the later stages. In this paper, we argue for the importance of collaborative refinement when designing interactive systems for older adults. Through a case study, we describe our experience of co-refining the preliminary design of an interactive system with older participants from three perspectives: function, form and interaction. We also explored to adopt some potential PD methods and conclude by discussing the effectiveness of the chosen approach and methods.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationResearch perspective in the ear of transformations : conference proceedings of the Academy for Design Innovation Management
    EditorsErik Bohemia, Gerda Gemser, Nuša Fain
    Place of PublicationLondon
    PublisherAcademy for Design Innovation Management
    Pages28-39
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Nov 2019
    EventAcademy for Design Innovation Management - London, United Kingdom
    Duration: 19 Jun 201921 Jun 2019

    Conference

    ConferenceAcademy for Design Innovation Management
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    CityLondon
    Period19/06/1921/06/19

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