Public media and researchers in different areas have recently focused on perhaps
unexpected problems that derive from an excessive and frequent use of technology, giving …

Mindfulness is considered an important factor of an individual's subjective well-being.
Consequently, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) has investigated approaches that …

Although gamification in the workplace is burgeoning, organizations frequently have
difficulty sustaining user engagement with a gamified information system (IS). The focus of …

Prototypes and prototy** have had a long and important history in the HCI community and
have played a highly significant role in creating technology that is easier and more fulfilling …

Product care is defined as all activities initiated by the consumer that lead to the extension of
a product's lifetime. This research contributes to the literature by taking a consumer's …

The view of quality in human-computer interaction continuously develops, having in past
decades included consistency, transparency, usability, and positive emotions. Recently …

We describe the design, implementation and deployment of Photobox, a domestic
technology that prints four or five randomly selected photos from the owner's Flickr collection …

We present an interactive breastplate grown and fabricated from SCOBY (Symbiotic Culture
Of Bacteria and Yeast) biofilm over the course of 13 weeks. Challenging the fail-fast and …

User experience (UX) research has expanded our notion of what makes interactive
technology good, often putting hedonic aspects of use such as fun, affect, and stimulation at …

Product longevity is an important part of the circular economy discussion, contributing to
global sustainable development. However, practicing and adopting product longevity remain …