• Hidden in plain sight - Encouraging different modes of engagement to ...
  Cronqvist, Erik  : Malmö universitet/Kultur och samhälle (2019)	Bachelor thesis

  

  

  English abstract:

  This thesis explores how visitors in a museum understand their experience through different modes of engagement, predominantly through embodied imagination. It examines the processes at play in regard to sensory perception in relation to bodily movement and suggests an approach to designing for interactivity in the museum setting that focuses on the visitors’ own desire and ability to form personal, non-mediated experiences through imagination.

  Cronqvist Erik IDK16 thesis-1.pdf   (10.26Mb)

• Encouraging social interaction in public spaces through interactive l...
  Antic, Dusan  : Malmö universitet/Kultur och samhälle (2019)	Bachelor thesis

  

  

  English abstract:

  Interactive light systems create unique opportunities for different kinds of social interactions in public places. This thesis explores movement as the main interaction to discover and create new ways of engaging in social interaction as well as to encourage people of different age groups to come together and participate. To further explore and answer the questions in mind, different field studies such as interviews and user tests were implemented to gather information on how the pedestrian’s thoughts and actions were. The outcome of these field studies showed that there is a slight shyness in the Swedish people and that they need to be encouraged to start socially interacting. Which through the presented prototype and its mechanics worked and allowed the participants to express their thoughts and feelings regarding an interactive light system that could encourage social interaction in public spaces.

  Re-Exam Final Thesis Dusan Antic-1.pdf   (1.695Mb)

• Introducing Gestures: Exploring Feedforward in Touch-Gesture Interfaces
  Lindberg, Martin  : Malmö universitet/Kultur och samhälle (2019)	Bachelor thesis

  

  

  English abstract:

  This interaction design thesis aimed to explore how users could be introduced to the different functionalities of a gesture-based touch screen interface. This was done through a user-centred design research process where the designer was taught different artefacts by experienced users. Insights from this process lay the foundation for an interactive, digital gesture-introduction prototype. Testing said prototype with users yielded this study's results. While containing several areas for improvement regarding implementation and behaviour, the prototype's base methods and qualities were well received. Further development would be needed to fully assess its viability. The user-centred research methods used in this project proved valuable for later ideation and prototyping stages. Activities and results from this project indicate a potential for designers to further explore the possibilities for ensuring the discoverability of touch-gesture interactions. For future projects the author suggests more extensive research and testing using a greater sample size and wider demographic.

  Introducing Ges ... aces_martin_lindberg-1.pdf   (1.698Mb)

• Exploring a voice user interface to convey information in an e-commer...
  Liljestam, Christopher  : Malmö universitet/Kultur och samhälle (2019)	Bachelor thesis

  

  

  English abstract:

  Screen readers for visually impaired users are poorly optimized for e-commerce websites hence the exclusion of the content. It creates a societal need for accessibility of the content in e-commerce websites for the visually impaired users. This study explores how six blindfolded participants could co-design a Voice User Interface (VUI) in an e-commerce website to convey its information that creates a good user experience for visually impaired. The result of a co-design workshop with interaction design practices showed that a VUI should be humanlike and convey relevant information. Failed speech recognition and overwhelming information had a negative impact on the user experience. To cope with the problems, the VUI should provide more control to the users by conveying explicit confirmations and retrospective information from past shopping trips. Due to the difficulties in finding visually impaired participants, the design process was not completed hence the ideation needs an additional design process.

  Liljestam,Christopher(AF9105)-4.pdf   (2.099Mb)

• Exploring relations between Interaction attributes and Pleasures in m...
  Strindlund, Nathalie  : Malmö universitet/Kultur och samhälle (2019)	Bachelor thesis

  

  

  English abstract:

  The interest in designing interactive systems is going beyond their functionality and more towards their aesthetics. Often, research fails to address how qualities of the interaction as a medium can actually create pleasurable experiences. However, it points out the importance of understanding temporal aspects of interactions to understand their aesthetics. The aim for this thesis is to address this by the creation and evaluation of an interactive artwork working as a platform to explore relations between Interaction attributes and Pleasures, as well as how temporal aspects in interactions can affect these Pleasures. This to help interaction designers think more clearly around and make better design choices regarding interactions within interactive systems. The results of this showed that there can be many such relations, but also that they are complex. Additionally, it is discussed that Pleasures might also partly be experienced before or after the interaction with the artwork.

  Nathalie Strindlund ag7704 Thesis-1.pdf   (12.80Mb)

View more