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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