This article presents a critical review of patterns and pattern languages in human-computer
interaction (HCI). In recent years, patterns and pattern languages have received …

This chapter describes the use of online ethnographical methods as a potent way to reach
qualitative understanding of virtual communities. The term online ethnography envelopes …

We discuss our study that looks at family members as everyday designers. We explain the
design actions of family members to be creative, as evidenced by the resourceful …

Patterns of Cooperative Interaction are regularities in the organisation of work, activity, and
interaction among participants, and with, through, and around artifacts. These patterns are …

Software design is becoming increasingly complex and difficult as we move to applications
that support people interacting with information and with each other over networks …

Product attachment theory describes how people learn to love certain possessions through
a process of meaning making. It provides a rich and as yet untapped source of inspiration for …

Everyday work frequently involves coordinating and collaborating with others, but the
structure of collaboration is largely invisible to conventional desktop applications. We are …

This paper is about human interaction with things in the home. It is of potential relevance to
developers of the Internet of Things (IoT), but it is not a technological paper. Rather, it …

Fashion exists in many aspects of our lives, not only in the way we dress, but also in many
other areas such as food, furniture, automobiles, and even our ways of thinking. At the same …

The incorporation of ethnomethodology in professional systems development has prompted
the call for the approach to move from design critique to design practice and the invention of …