Towards a more cherishable digital object

Golsteijn, C; Van Den Hoven, E; Frohlich, D; Sellen, A

Towards a more cherishable digital object

Golsteijn, C Van Den Hoven, E

Frohlich, D Sellen, A

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Publication Type:: Conference Proceeding
Citation:: Proceedings of the Designing Interactive Systems Conference, DIS '12, 2012, pp. 655 - 664
Issue Date:: 2012-08-08

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dc.contributor.author	Golsteijn, C	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Van Den Hoven, E https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0888-1426	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Frohlich, D	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Sellen, A	en_US
dc.date.issued	2012-08-08	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Proceedings of the Designing Interactive Systems Conference, DIS '12, 2012, pp. 655 - 664	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	9781450312103	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/29899
dc.description.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. © 2012 ACM.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Proceedings of the Designing Interactive Systems Conference, DIS '12	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1145/2317956.2318054	en_US
dc.title	Towards a more cherishable digital object	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
utslib.for	080602 Computer-Human Interaction	en_US
utslib.for	1203 Design Practice and Management	en_US
dc.location.activity	Newcastle upon Tyne, UK	en_US
dc.location.activity	Durban, South Africa
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology/School of Computer Science
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - CCDP - Contemporary Design Practice
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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. © 2012 ACM.

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