Practice-based design research is often emergent. Methods, tactics, goals and even topics
can unfold and change as researchers adapt and learn in the course of their projects. This …

As our physical environments become ever-more connected, instrumented, and automated,
it can be increasingly difficult for users to understand what is happening within them and …

What can design researchers learn from our own and each other's failures? We explore
“failure” expansively—turning away from tidy success narratives toward messy unfoldings …

Envisioning alternative futures and desirable worlds is a core element of design that must be
cultivated, especially when a deep transition of practices, values, and power is necessary for …

We present the Inner Ear: a porcelain device that both captures and represents data. In
particular, we focus on sensing vibrations—for their hidden yet omnipresent qualities in …

While data are the backbone for home Internet of Things'(IoT) functional and economic
model, data remain elusive and abstract for home dwellers. In response, we present the Odd …

A growing body of work focuses on physicalisations based on personal, everyday data.
Despite growing interest, little is known about how to educate people on their creation. We …

Collective stress is the stress within a group or an organization. It affects individuals' well-
being and group productivity. HCI research has started exploring collective stress …

With the massive adoption of smartphones, location trackers, and GPS-based applications,
data is being generated that captures people's geographic locations in more precise detail …

The processes of data collection and transformation are often opaque to users. This means
they rely on their imagination to make sense of the data they produce. The images data …