Research through design as a method for interaction design research in HCI

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 493-502

  Zimmerman, John ^a   Forlizzi, Jodi ^a   Evenson, Shelley ^a  

^a Carnegie Mellon University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Design; Design method; Design theory; HCI research; Interaction design; Interaction design research; Research through design; Wicked problems

Indexed keywords

DESIGN THEORY; INTERACTION DESIGN; INTERACTION DESIGN RESEARCH; RESEARCH THROUGH DESIGN; WICKED PROBLEMS;

CONSTRAINT THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 35348873890     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1240624.1240704     Document Type: Conference Paper

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