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- Akner-Koler, Cheryl, et al.
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Aesthetics and nanostructure
- 2011
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Ingår i: International Innovation. - : Research Media. - 2041-4552. ; :6, s. 97-97
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Tidskriftsartikel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Professors Cheryl Akner-Kohler and Lena Tibell of the Nanoform project describe the artistic methods and benefits that it might afford to both science and society.
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- Broms, Loove, et al.
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Coffee Maker Patterns and the Design of Energy Feedback Artefacts
- 2010
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Ingår i: DIS '10 Proceedings of the 8th ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems. - New York, NY, USA : ACM. - 9781450301039 ; , s. 93-102
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Smart electricity meters and home displays are being installed in people’s homes with the assumption that households will make the necessary efforts to reduce their electricity consumption. However, present solutions do not sufficiently account for the social implications of design. There is a potential for greater savings if we can better understand how such designs affect behaviour. In this paper, we describe our design of an energy awareness artefact – the Energy AWARE Clock – and discuss it in relation to behavioural processes in the home. A user study is carried out to study the deployment of the prototype in real domestic contexts for three months. Results indicate that the Energy AWARE Clock played a significant role in drawing households’ attention to their electricity use. It became a natural part of the household and conceptions of electricity became naturalized into informants’ everyday language.
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- Eriksson, Lars, et al.
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Embodied aesthetic movements during mealtime : a provocative method for design innovation of culinary utensils
- 2011
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- In 2010, the project MER was funded be The Knowledge (KK) foundation. Lars Eriksson, associate professor in applied aestetics and creative events at Grythytte Academy Örebro University, initiated the project MER which focuses on the way people move and interact in the environment around the meal.This project has conducted a number of studies about the meeting between utensils, food and the guest in motion, creating the culinary experience. The poster presents a summary of a provocative method applied in all of the different studies.
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- Jönsson, Li, et al.
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Watt-Lite; energy statistics made tangible
- 2010
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Ingår i: DIS 2010 - Proceedings of the 8th ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems. - New York, NY, USA : ACM. - 9781450301039 ; , s. 240-243
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Increasing our knowledge of how design affects behaviour in the workplace has a large potential for reducing electricity consumption. This would be beneficial for the environment as well as for industry and society at large. In Western society energy use is hidden and for the great mass of consumers its consequences are poorly understood. In order to better understand how we can use design to increase awareness of electricity consumption in everyday life, we will discuss the design of Watt-Lite, a set of three oversized torches projecting real time energy statistics of a factory in the physical environments of its employees. The design of Watt-Lite is meant to explore ways of representing, understanding and interacting with electricity in industrial workspaces. We discuss three design inquiries and their implications for the design of Watt-Lite: the use of tangible statistics; exploratory interaction and transferred connotations. © 2010 ACM.
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- Lundén, P., et al.
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Psychoacoustic evaluation as a tool for optimization in the development of an urban soundscape simulator
- 2010
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Ingår i: Proceedings of the 5th Audio Mostly - A Conference on Interaction With Sound, AM '10. - New York, NY, USA : ACM. - 9781450300469 ; , s. 1859802-
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper will discuss the use of psychoacoustic evaluation as a tool for optimization of the soundscape simulator developed in the Listen project. The listen project is a three-year research project focused around developing a demonstrator, which auralizes the sound environment produced by road and railway traffic. The resolution of the parameter space of the simulator heavily influences the performance of the simulator. The perceptual resolution of the parameter space is investigated and the resolution is adjusted accordingly. The most important parameter is velocity. Adjustments of the resolution of this parameter alone gives a 60% reduction of the usage of memory.
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- Behm, Annika, 1977-
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Tiden är vårt hem
- 2010
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Annan publikation (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Problematiken för mitt projekt kretsar kring existens och tid. Kring hur vi upplever vardagens framfart, i det enskilda, samt hur vi förhåller oss till vår omvärld, i det privata. Genom att vi existerar är vi också del av tidens gång och nuet vare sig vi vill eller inte och i detta faktum finns någonting tröstlöst men samtidigt romantiskt som fascinerar mig och som jag vill utforska. I detta framåtskridande finns integriteten som ett individens skydd mot exponering och den stress över att uppnå någonting med våra liv. Men vad finns kvar efter ett liv som levts utan åstadkomna stordåd? Vad lämnar vi för spår? Tiden är den överhängande problematiken för mitt projekt, och jag närmar mig det genom tre fotografiska verk med titlarna Monument, Fragment och Moment.
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- Broms, Loove, 1977-, et al.
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Persuasive Engagement : Exploiting Lifestyle as a Driving Force to Promote Energy-aware Use Patterns and Behaviours
- 2009
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Ingår i: Undisciplined! Proceedings of the Design Research Society Conference 2008.
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Electricity consumption has been rising significantly in the western world the last decades and this has affected the environment negatively. Efficient use and more energy conservative usage patterns could be ways to approach this problem. However, electricity has for a long time actively been hidden away and it is rarely thought of unless it ceases to exist. From the perspective of critical design, we have been working to find methods to visualise electricity and electricity consumption in everyday life to promote environmentally positive behavioural change. In this paper, we are looking at how aspects of lifestyles can be used in design as central driving forces that could lead to changed behaviour. Attempts to promote behavioural changes related to energy consumption might be successfully carried out when people are offered desirable alternatives that are engaging and that do not impose a perceived extra burden in their everyday life. This argument is exemplified through two design concepts, the AWARE Laundry Lamp and the Energy Plant, which are examples on how to increase people’s energy awareness and offer them means for reducing their energy consumption in the home. Both prototypes are inspired by current trends in lifestyle as well as actual observed user behaviour.
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- Broms, Loove
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Sustainable Interactions : Studies in the Design of Energy Awareness Artefacts
- 2011
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Licentiatavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This thesis presents a collection of experimental designs that approach the problem of growing electricity consumption in homes. From the perspective of design, the intention has been to critically explore the design space of energy awareness artefacts to reinstate awareness of energy use in everyday practice. The design experiments were used as vehicles for thinking about the relationship between physical form, interaction, and social practice. The rationale behind the concepts was based on a small-scale ethnography, situated interviews, and design experience. Moreover, the thesis compares designer intention and actual user experiences of a prototype that was installed in nine homes in a residential area in Stockholm for three months. This was done in order to elicit tacit knowledge about how the concept was used in real-world domestic settings, to challenge everyday routines, and to enable both users and designers to critically reflect on artefacts and practices.From a design perspective, contributions include design approaches to communicating energy use: visualizations for showing relationships between behaviour and electricity consumption, shapes and forms to direct action, means for turning restrictions caused by energy conservation into central parts of the product experience, and ways to promote sustainable behaviour with positive driving forces based on user lifestyles.The general results indicate that inclusion is of great importance when designing energy awareness artefacts; all members of the household should be able to access, interact with, and reflect on their energy use. Therefore, design-related aspects such as placement and visibility, as well as how the artefact might affect the social interactions in the home, become central. Additionally, the thesis argues that these types of artefacts can potentially create awareness accompanied by negative results such as stress. A challenge for the designer is to create artefacts that communicate and direct energy use in ways that are attractive and can be accepted by all household members as a possible way of life.
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- Broms, Loove, 1977-, et al.
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The Energy AWARE Clock : Incorporating Electricity Use in the Social Interactions of Everyday Life
- 2009
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Ingår i: Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Environmentally Conscious Design andInverse Manufacturing (EcoDesign 2009).
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- New interfaces to the energy system can facilitate changes of habits and provide means to control the household’s use of energy. In this paper, we look at energy use and such interfaces in the home from a socio- technical perspective. We describe how interviews and user observations can be used in combination with the theory of domestication to inform and inspire the design of interfaces to the energy system. As a result of our approach, we present the Energy AWARE Clock, an example of a new type of electricity meter that challenges the norm of how the electricity system is typically represented in the home. The Energy AWARE Clock makes use of a clock metaphor to visualise electricity-use in relation to time in everyday life. Energy-awareness products always challenge domestic social patterns and it is important to consider these aspects in the design process to find successful solutions for the future.
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