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The HCI researcher as artist and designer: approaches to creativity and distance

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C&C '11: Proceedings of the 8th ACM conference on Creativity and cognition

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https://doi.org/10.1145/2069618.2069658

Published: 03 November 2011 Publication History

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We first describe the process of working on creative problems using three different but related approaches: Art, Design and Human Computer Interaction research. We present case studies of two interactive artworks; Magic Hopscotch and Cities Tango: Melbourne/Sydney, and explain how engagement with those works has informed our further practice in art, design and HCI. We consider how HCI research can influence art and design, and how art and design can influence HCI research, thereby making some kinds of decisions more explicit, supporting stronger hypothesis generation and crucially enriching evaluation methods for creativity support tools.

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The HCI researcher as artist and designer: approaches to creativity and distance
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. HCI theory, concepts and models
  2. Interaction design
    1. Interaction design theory, concepts and paradigms

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C&C '11: Proceedings of the 8th ACM conference on Creativity and cognition

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DOI:10.1145/2069618

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Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
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