Electronic furniture for the curious home: Assessing ludic designs in the field

International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction

Volumn 22, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 119-152

  Gaver, William ^a   Bowers, John ^a   Boucher, Andrew ^a   Law, Andy ^a   Pennington, Sarah ^b   Walker, Brendan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHNOGRAPHIC OBSERVATIONS; FIELD METHODS; FIELD TRIAL; LUDIC DESIGN; MULTI-LAYERED; OPEN-ENDED DESIGNS; PICTURE FRAMES;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY;

DESIGN;

EID: 34548576753     PISSN: 10447318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327590ijhc2201-02_7     Document Type: Article

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