The introduction frames tools and techniques within Participatory Design and describes
Participatory Design as various practices of participation. The following sections give …

In recent years both companies and research communities call for collaborative work
practices and user-centered approaches in various design fields. There are several …

This Might Be a Game examines the historical intersection of ubiquitous computing and
experimental game design, circa 2001 AD. Ubiquitous computing, or ubicomp, is the …

Mobile devices, applications and services have become integrated into people's daily lives
on a personal and professional level. Although traditional research methods are being used …

As technology pervades our everyday life and material culture, new possibilities and
problematics are raised for design. Attention in contemporary design discourse is shifting …

During the last few years personas has become an established design technique within the
IT-design field. Using personas has proven itself as a valuable approach for designers to …

This article reviews 105 representative contributions to the literature on mobile systems
development. The contributions are categorized according to a simple conceptual …

In this paper we present initial findings from an empirical study of the mobile technology use
and mobile work practices of freelancers in the domain of Film and Television. Our findings …

Anthropology and explorative design are converging in some aspects. This dissertation
discusses the widespread employment of ethnographic techniques for interview and …

Understanding contexts is an important challenge that is made harder for designers by the
increasing speed at which contexts change. To assist designers, three types of contextual …