Design documentaries: Inspiring design research through documentary film

Proceedings of the Conference on Designing Interactive Systems: Processes, Practices, Methods, and Techniques, DIS

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 229-238

  Raijmakers, Bas ^a   Gaver, William W ^b   Bishay, Jon ^c  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Design documentaries; Design research; Documentary film; Everyday life; Interaction design; User studies

Indexed keywords

DESIGN DOCUMENTARIES; DESIGN RESEARCH; DOCUMENTARY FILMS; INTERACTION DESIGN; USER STUDIES; EVERYDAY LIFE; NOTE-TAKING; USER RESEARCH; USER STUDY;

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; LOGIC DESIGN; MOTION PICTURES; RESEARCH;

MOTION PICTURES; DESIGN;

EID: 33750920486     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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