Prototy** is interwoven with nearly all product, service, and systems development efforts.
A prototype is a pre-production representation of some aspect of a concept or final design …

Social computing prototypes probe the social behaviors that may arise in an envisioned
system design. This prototy** practice is currently limited to recruiting small groups of …

The importance of understanding the repercussions of effective user interface (UI) design is
critical for future Computer Science (CS) professionals, given the ubiquity of interfaces on …

Background: Design processes such as human-centered design, which involve the end user
throughout the product development and testing process, can be crucial in ensuring that the …

Mental health problems are common and pose a tremendous societal burden in terms of
cost, morbidity, quality of life, and mortality. The great majority of people experience barriers …

The role of prototypes is well established in the field of HCI and Design. A lack of
knowledge, however, about the fundamental nature of prototypes still exists. Researchers …

New technologies emerge into an increasingly complex everyday life. How can we engage
users further into material practices that explore ideas and notions of these new things? This …

Highlights•Seven specifications of a prototy** framework are identified from the
literature.•A benchmark study of novice designers' understanding of prototy** is …

While scholars have studied what design practices accomplish, few have considered how
people feel when enacting these practices. An eighteen-month ethnographic study of a high …

Clinical tools for use in practice—such as medicine reconciliation charts, diagnosis support
tools and track-and-trigger charts—are endemic in healthcare, but relatively little attention is …