TY - JOUR
T1 - Bodystorming with Hawkins’s block
T2 - Toward a new methodology for mobile media design
AU - Oppegaard, Brett
AU - Still, Brian
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2013, © The Author(s) 2013.
PY - 2013/9/1
Y1 - 2013/9/1
N2 - Inspired by the intuitive prototyping method employed by Palm Pilot founder Jeff Hawkins, this formative field study recreates and reimagines his generative techniques as a new methodology that could be useful for mobile media designers. Viewed theoretically through an activity theory lens, this approach also integrates bodystorming ideals as a way to externalize and embody user perspectives about the potential of place-based media, in situ, using a proposed National Park Service app, funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, as an example. Such data gathering, especially early in the design process, could help user-centered projects gather otherwise inaccessible feedback, leading to better designs, through tailored content and interfaces, particularly at the dynamic intersections of digital and physical space.
AB - Inspired by the intuitive prototyping method employed by Palm Pilot founder Jeff Hawkins, this formative field study recreates and reimagines his generative techniques as a new methodology that could be useful for mobile media designers. Viewed theoretically through an activity theory lens, this approach also integrates bodystorming ideals as a way to externalize and embody user perspectives about the potential of place-based media, in situ, using a proposed National Park Service app, funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, as an example. Such data gathering, especially early in the design process, could help user-centered projects gather otherwise inaccessible feedback, leading to better designs, through tailored content and interfaces, particularly at the dynamic intersections of digital and physical space.
KW - Activity theory
KW - bodystorming
KW - design
KW - low-fidelity prototyping
KW - mobile app
KW - mobile media
KW - national historic site
KW - prototyping
KW - user experience
KW - user-centered design
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85002786722&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/2050157913496421
DO - 10.1177/2050157913496421
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85002786722
SN - 2050-1579
VL - 1
SP - 356
EP - 372
JO - Mobile Media and Communication
JF - Mobile Media and Communication
IS - 3
ER -