Unpacking non-dualistic design: The soma design case

K Höök, S Benford, P Tennent, V Tsaknaki… - ACM Transactions on …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
We report on a somaesthetic design workshop and the subsequent analytical work aiming to
demystify what is entailed in a non-dualistic design stance on embodied interaction and why …

Validity and Rigour in Soma Design-Sketching with the Soma

A Ståhl, V Tsaknaki, M Balaam - ACM Transactions on Computer-Human …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
We report on the design processes of two ongoing soma design projects: the Pelvic Chair
and the Breathing Wings. These projects take a first-person, soma design approach …

Felt Ethics: Cultivating Ethical Sensibility in Design Practice

R Garrett, K Popova, C Núñez-Pacheco… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
We theoretically develop the ethical positions implicit in somaesthetic interaction design
and, using the case study of a water faucet, illustrate our conceptual understanding of ethical …

A systematic approach to the design and characterization of a smart insole for detecting vertical ground reaction force (vGRF) in gait analysis

AM Tahir, MEH Chowdhury, A Khandakar… - Sensors, 2020 - mdpi.com
Gait analysis is a systematic study of human locomotion, which can be utilized in various
applications, such as rehabilitation, clinical diagnostics and sports activities. The various …

Introduction to the special issue on first-person methods in HCI

A Desjardins, O Tomico, A Lucero… - ACM Transactions on …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
In this introduction to the special issue on First-Person Methods in (Human-Computer
Interaction) HCI, we present a brief overview of first-person methods, their origin, and their …

From biodata to somadata

M Alfaras, V Tsaknaki, P Sanches, C Windlin… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - dl.acm.org
Biosensing technologies are increasingly available as off-the-shelf products, yet for many
designers, artists and non-engineers, these technologies remain difficult to design with …

“Feeling the Sensor Feeling you”: A Soma Design Exploration on Sensing Non-habitual Breathing

V Tsaknaki, K Cotton, P Karpashevich… - Proceedings of the 2021 …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
Though seemingly straightforward and habitual, breathing is a complex bodily function.
Problematising the space of designing for breathing as a non-habitual act pertaining to …

The designer's body as resource in design: Exploring combinations of point-of-view and tense

D Svanæs, L Barkhuus - Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on …, 2020 - dl.acm.org
The design of wearable, tangible and embedded interactive products requires a focus on
bodily/kinesthetic aspects of the user experience, that is, how the product" feels" in use …

Vulnerability as an ethical stance in soma design processes

K Popova, R Garrett, C Núñez-Pacheco… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
We articulate vulnerability as an ethical stance in soma design processes and discuss the
conditions of its emergence. We argue that purposeful vulnerability–an act of taking risk …

Design resources in movement-based design methods: a practice-based characterization

JM Vega-Cebrián, E Márquez Segura… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Movement-based design methods are increasingly adopted to help design rich embodied
experiences. While there are well-known methods in the field, there is no systematic …