The aesthetic turn: Unravelling recent aesthetic approaches to human-computer interaction

Digital Creativity

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 205-216

  Udsen, Lars Erik ^a   Jørgensen, Anker Helms ^a  

^a IT UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aesthetics; HCL; Interaction; Interface; Usability

Indexed keywords

AESTHETICS; DIGITAL INTERFACES; HCL; INTERACTION; LITERATURE REVIEWS; USABILITY;

INTERFACES (COMPUTER); INTERFACES (MATERIALS); RESEARCH;

DESIGN;

EID: 33645639105     PISSN: 14626268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14626260500476564     Document Type: Review

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