Abstract
This paper reflects on the possibilities of embodiment and skilful coping to connect people and to catalyse a constructive (design) "conversation" among people with different backgrounds, during transformative collaboration. We do this by illustrating the process and results of a two-weeks design class with Master students at the Department of Industrial Design at the Eindhoven University of Technology. The resulting Engagement Catalyser is a creative tool to engaging people in a (design) discussion more concrete and effective than a discussion or brainstorm session held around a table. The six developed Engagement Catalysers have been used and evaluated in two workshops, in which participants from very different cultural and professional background have used them as a means to engage quickly and ignite the design process. The results show that the Catalysers stimulate engagement, help people to get familiar and connected in a short period of time, and seem to inspire and boost the design process.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Designing Pleasurable Products and Interfaces (DPPI '13), 3-5 September 2013, Newcastle, United Kingdom |
| Place of Publication | New York |
| Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery, Inc |
| Pages | 136-145 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-1-4503-2192-1 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2013 |
| Event | 2013 International Conference on Designing Pleasurable Products and Interfaces (DPPI 2013), September 3-5, 2013, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK - BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom Duration: 3 Sep 2013 → 5 Sep 2013 |
Conference
| Conference | 2013 International Conference on Designing Pleasurable Products and Interfaces (DPPI 2013), September 3-5, 2013, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK |
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| Abbreviated title | DPPI 2013 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| City | Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Period | 3/09/13 → 5/09/13 |
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Trotto, A., & Hummels, C. C. M. (2013). Engage me, do! : engagement catalysers to ignite a (design) conversation. In Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Designing Pleasurable Products and Interfaces (DPPI '13), 3-5 September 2013, Newcastle, United Kingdom (pp. 136-145). New York: Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. https://doi.org/10.1145/2513506.2513521