Essays about: "Human-Artifact Relationship"

Found 3 essays containing the words Human-Artifact Relationship.

  1. 1. Speculating Relationships

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Lennart Czienskowski; [2020]
    Keywords : Speculative Design; Post-Humanism; Post-Anthropocentrism; Human-Artifact Relationship; Object Character; Interaction Attributes; Phenomenology; Research Through Design; Aesthetics; Materiality; Object Behaviour; Relationship-centered Design;

    Abstract : In this thesis the idea of relationship-centered design is proposed based on a speculative design project which is grounded in an understanding of post-anthropocentrism. To facilitate post-anthropocentric human-artifact relationships, that don’t favor living actors over non-living actor, objects may appear to have a life-like agency based on needs and therefore must be empathized with which can be achieved through object characters. READ MORE

  3. 2. A long-distance relationship : Reconnecting hotels with their guests via intuitive design

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för datavetenskap

    Author : Naomi Wu; [2018]
    Keywords : user experience; user interface; intuitiveness; affordances; millennials; technology; activity theory; travel planning;

    Abstract : Currently for travel planning, guests will research via hotel websites while still preferring to book through third-party sites, which leads to a disconnect between hotels and their guests. A chat widget artifact that is added onto the hotel’s website and linked through messaging applications was created by a start-up company, Bookboost, to bridge this gap. READ MORE

  4. 3. A LONG-DISTANCE RELATIONSHIP : RECONNECTING HOTELS WITH THEIR GUESTS VIA INTUITIVE DESIGN

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

    Author : Naomi Wu; [2018]
    Keywords : user experience; user interface; intuitiveness; affordances; millennials; technology; activity theory; travel planning; användarupplevelse; användargränssnitt; intuitivitet; brukskvalitet; milleniegenerationen; teknologi; aktivitetsteorins; reseplanering;

    Abstract : Currently for travel planning, guests will research via hotel websites while still preferring to book through third-party sites, which leads to a disconnect between hotels and their guests. A chat widget artifact that is added onto the hotel’s website and linked through messaging applications was created by a start-up company, Bookboost, to bridge this gap. READ MORE