_IxDA Pittsburgh Presents: _ IMAGINARIES AND INTERACTION DESIGN:
BEYOND BEHAVIOR CHANGE BY DAN LOCKTON
How we think about the world affects what we do, and DESIGN HAS A
HUGE ROLE TO PLAY HERE. The 'IMAGINARIES' WE HAVE—the stories we
tell ourselves about our lives and our ideas for the future, the
language and metaphors we use, our mental models and mental imagery
(all part of asking "How do we understand?") are becoming increasingly
important as we become enmeshed in complex systems of technology and
nature, from climate CHANGE TO AI TO SOCIAL AND POLITICAL CHALLENGES
AT MANY SCALES.
Designers' work is affected by all of this, but designers also have a
big opportunity to offer new perspectives and help change the way
people think and understand. Design methods developed for doing user
research around new products and services can be adapted to
investigate bigger questions about human understanding, and complement
research in social and cognitive sciences with a practical,
experiential layer. Design can also help us go beyond characterizing
what we have already, and actively develop and propose new ways to
understand, and new ways to live, supporting people’s imagining and
helping them conceive of new perspectives. In this talk, I'll explore
these areas through practical examples drawing on my work, with
colleagues, in Europe and the US tackling topics including energy use,
design for behavior change, new kinds of interface, and helping people
map their own mental health.
DAN LOCKTON
Dan LOCKTON IS A DESIGNER AND RESEARCHER. He is Chair of DESIGN
STUDIES AT CARNEGIE MELLON, where he is developing the Imaginaries
Lab [http://imaginari.es/], a new DESIGN RESEARCH GROUP. Dan's work
centers on people's INTERACTIONS WITH TECHNOLOGY, and how that affects
the way we think and act. Dan is best known for the _Design with
Intent toolkit
[http://designwithintent.co.uk/introduction-to-the-design-with-intent-toolkit/]_,
a DESIGN PATTERN COLLECTION FOR BEHAVIOR CHANGE, and he regularly runs
workshops and speaks at both academic and professional events,
including IxDA INTERACTION, UX London, UX Lisbon, and INTERACTION
LATIN AMERICA. Before moving to PITTSBURGH, Dan was a researcher and
tutor at the Royal College of Art, London, in the Helen Hamlyn Centre
for DESIGN AND THE INNOVATION DESIGN ENGINEERING PROGRAM, and many
years ago he worked on the DESIGN OF SOME UNUSUAL FOLDING BIKES.
http://imaginari.es [http://imaginari.es/] http://danlockton.com
[http://danlockton.com/] Twitter: @danlockton
[https://twitter.com/danlockton]
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