Paper Info
Title
Industrial Design and Activity Theory: A New Direction for Designing Computer-Based Artifacts
Abstract
This paper attempts to both describe and resolve some of the fundamental differences between the fields of industrial design, activity theory, and human-computer interaction. In particular, the role that social relationships play in using and learning to use artifacts to mediate activities is examined in detail. This examination leads to a unification of theory and practice in the three areas, providing a new perspective for the development of computer-based artifacts (particularly embedded computing systems). Two examples are presented to illustrate how this new perspective can be used both to understand and to guide the process of developing an artifact.
Year
DOI
Venue
1995
10.1007/3-540-60614-9_1
EWHCI
Keywords
Field
DocType
industrial design,activity theory,designing computer-based artifacts,new direction,embedded computing,human computer interaction
Industrial design,Social relationship,Unification,Computer science,Human–computer interaction
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
3-540-60614-9
3
0.97
References 
Authors
4
1
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Brad Blumenthal17219.08