On the Design of deformTable: Attending to Temporality and Materiality for Supporting Everyday Interactions with a Shape-Changing Artifact

Ce Zhong; Ron Wakkary; William Odom; Amy Yo Sue Chen; Min Young Yoo; Doenja Oogjes

doi:10.1145/3532106.3533501

On the Design of deformTable: Attending to Temporality and Materiality for Supporting Everyday Interactions with a Shape-Changing Artifact

Ce Zhong, Ron Wakkary, William Odom, Amy Yo Sue Chen, Min Young Yoo, Doenja Oogjes

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Abstract

HCI research on shape change has highlighted the importance of materiality and temporality in design practice. However, little research has addressed the challenges of tailoring these qualities for everyday interactions with a shape-changing artifact. In this paper, we report from a designer-researcher perspective into the crafting of deformTable: a shape-changing form that responds to the weight of objects placed on its surface. We crafted 5 deformTables over 18 months with special attention given to the physical, temporal, and computational aspects. Specifically, we describe how we focused on speed adjustments and response times in the process to frame the temporal expressions of computing; we also discuss how the material and tools helped shape our decisions in the context of the materiality of computing. This study contributes an RtD case of designing a particular shape-changing artifact through the lens of temporality and materiality to support long-term engagements and everyday interactions.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	DIS 2022 - Proceedings of the 2022 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference
Subtitle of host publication	Digital Wellbeing
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery, Inc
Pages	1555-1564
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450393584
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3532106.3533501
Publication status	Published - 13 Jun 2022
Event	2022 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference: Digital Wellbeing, DIS 2022 - Virtual, Online, Australia Duration: 13 Jun 2022 → 17 Jun 2022

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Conference	2022 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference: Digital Wellbeing, DIS 2022
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Virtual, Online
Period	13/06/22 → 17/06/22

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We are grateful to the reviewers who provided insight and expertise that greatly advanced the research. This study was supported by the China Scholarship Council.

Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 ACM.

Funding

We are grateful to the reviewers who provided insight and expertise that greatly advanced the research. This study was supported by the China Scholarship Council.

Keywords

designer-researcher approach
materiality
research through design
Shape change
temporality

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Zhong, C., Wakkary, R., Odom, W., Chen, A. Y. S., Yoo, M. Y., & Oogjes, D. (2022). On the Design of deformTable: Attending to Temporality and Materiality for Supporting Everyday Interactions with a Shape-Changing Artifact. In DIS 2022 - Proceedings of the 2022 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference: Digital Wellbeing (pp. 1555-1564). Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. https://doi.org/10.1145/3532106.3533501

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Zhong C, Wakkary R, Odom W, Chen AYS, Yoo MY, Oogjes D. On the Design of deformTable: Attending to Temporality and Materiality for Supporting Everyday Interactions with a Shape-Changing Artifact. In DIS 2022 - Proceedings of the 2022 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference: Digital Wellbeing. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. 2022. p. 1555-1564 doi: 10.1145/3532106.3533501

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