Making biomaterials for sustainable tangible interfaces

F Bell, S Wu, N Campo Woytuk… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
In this studio, we will explore sustainable tangible interfaces by making a range of
biomaterials that are bio-based and readily biodegradable. Building off of previous TEI …

Design for temporal cohabitation

L Pschetz, K Koppel, M Bastian - … Abstracts of the CHI Conference on …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
We propose the notion of Design for Temporal Cohabitation as a way to introduce a critical
agenda to time in more-than-human and ecological design. Despite increased calls for HCI …

Biodegradation as More-than-Human Unmaking

F Bell, N Campo Woytuk, MLJ Søndergaard… - ACM Transactions on …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
In this work, we introduce biodegradation as a process of more-than-human unmaking. We
begin by positioning biodegradation amongst related works in design research before …

Material deconstructions of time: Posthumanist interventions through media art

P Ciobanu, Y Fernaeus - ACM Transactions on Computer-Human …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
The topic of time and how it can be unpacked, deconstructed and designed with is
fundamental to HCI, but it is also extensively engaged within artistic practice. By analysing a …

Transhuman Communication: Human Augmentation Technologies through Co-Speculation Workshops

Ç Genç, V Spors, OO Buruk, M Thibault… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
The advancement of human-computer integration as a research field promises to introduce
transhumanistic ways of communicating through the enhanced abilities of augmented …

A Plurality of More-than-Humanness: Feminist Speculations for Designing with the Vaginal Microbiome

N Campo Woytuk, F Bell, JY Park, M Alistar… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
The vaginal microbiome (often called vaginal flora) plays a crucial role in intimate health,
preventing bacterial imbalances and potentially influencing other conditions such as …

Caring through: Engaging with temporality of care in more-than-human design

G Oktay, M Lee, B Barati, R Wakkary - Proceedings of the Halfway to the …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Care is a political and ethical everyday practice with nested processes and relationships. In
more-than-human design, care is a practice that allows a deep engagement with time and …

Embodied Traces: Multispecies Entanglement in Urban Spaces

A Boone, CA Le Dantec, C DiSalvo - Proceedings of the 2024 ACM …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Collisions with man-made structures such as buildings, vehicles, and energy infrastructure
are a significant threat to bird populations. Throughout the US, groups of volunteers monitor …

Decentering the Designer Through Live-Action Roleplay

M O'Bryan, A Alvarez, J Font, RB Robinson - … of the Halfway to the Future …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
More-than-human approaches to HCI design research have gained traction in recent years,
facilitating a need to employ new methods that decenter the human perspective. We …

Learning in place: Reimagining design practice as ecological literacy

N Logler - 2024 - dl.designresearchsociety.org
What does it mean to practice design in a world without human beings at its center? How
can designers take meaningful action in a world in crisis? In this paper, I present initial …