Augmenting refrigerator magnets: Why less is sometimes more

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn 189, Issue , 2006, Pages 115-124

  Taylor, Alex S ^a   Swan, Laurel ^b   Eardley, Rachel ^a   Sellen, Abigail ^a   Hodges, Steve ^a   Wood, Kenz ^a  

^a MICROSOFT RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Design; Ethnography; Fridge surfaces; Home life; Magnets

Indexed keywords

HOUSES; PLANNING; RAPID PROTOTYPING; REFRIGERATORS;

ETHNOGRAPHY; FRIDGE SURFACES; HOME LIFE;

MAGNETS;

EID: 34547169008     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1182475.1182488     Document Type: Conference Paper

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