Title
Towards a more cherishable digital object
Abstract
As we go about our everyday routines we encounter and interact with numerous physical (e.g. furniture or clothes) and digital objects (e.g. photos or e-mails). Some of these objects may be particular cherished, for example because of memories attached to them. As several studies into cherished objects have shown, we have more difficulties identifying cherished digital objects than physical ones. However, cherishing a small collection of digital objects can be beneficial; e.g. it can encourage active selection of digital objects to keep and discard. This paper presents a study that aimed to increase understanding of cherished physical and digital objects, and beyond that, of how we perceive physical and digital objects, and their advantages and disadvantages. We identified design opportunities for novel products and systems that support the creation of more cherishable digital objects by extrapolating the advantages of the physical to the digital, exploiting the reasons for cherishing digital objects, and aiming for meaningful integrations of physical and digital.
Year
DOI
Venue
2012
10.1145/2317956.2318054
Conference on Designing Interactive Systems
Keywords
Field
DocType
numerous physical,digital object,design opportunity,everyday routine,active selection,novel product,cherished digital object,meaningful integration,cherished object,cherishable digital object,interaction design,focus group,digital media,design research,focus groups
Interaction design,Clothing,Digital object,Design research,Human–computer interaction,Engineering,Multimedia
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
24
1.35
12
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Connie Golsteijn11319.67
Elise Van Den Hoven286984.72
David Frohlich31209.93
Abigail Sellen45323809.52