TY - GEN
T1 - A Catalog of Speculative Playful Urban Technology Ideas
T2 - 24th International Academic Mindtrek Conference, Mindtrek 2021
AU - Bertran, Ferran Altarriba
AU - Duval, Jared
AU - Armengol, Laura Bisbe
AU - Chen, Ivy
AU - Dong, Victor
AU - Dastoor, Binaisha
AU - Bertran, Adrià Altarriba
AU - Isbister, Katherine
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 ACM.
PY - 2021/6/1
Y1 - 2021/6/1
N2 - In this paper, we present an annotated portfolio of speculative playful urban technology concepts. Our portfolio builds on and illustrates in designerly ways the findings from our research into the playful potential of urban spaces. We begin by describing two Situated Play Design [1] interventions where we identified play potentials of urban spaces, i.e., playful things that people already do in public spaces and might have socio-emotional value. We suggest that these play potentials could inspire the design of future smart city technology that pays more attention to the social, emotional, and cultural role of urban spaces in human life. To show that potential and foreground the inspirational value of our findings, we present a catalog of speculative design ideas that embody the design directions and play potentials we identified in our research. We hope to contribute to an existing and exciting body of work aimed at inspiring the design of increasingly playful and socio-emotionally sustainable urban technology.
AB - In this paper, we present an annotated portfolio of speculative playful urban technology concepts. Our portfolio builds on and illustrates in designerly ways the findings from our research into the playful potential of urban spaces. We begin by describing two Situated Play Design [1] interventions where we identified play potentials of urban spaces, i.e., playful things that people already do in public spaces and might have socio-emotional value. We suggest that these play potentials could inspire the design of future smart city technology that pays more attention to the social, emotional, and cultural role of urban spaces in human life. To show that potential and foreground the inspirational value of our findings, we present a catalog of speculative design ideas that embody the design directions and play potentials we identified in our research. We hope to contribute to an existing and exciting body of work aimed at inspiring the design of increasingly playful and socio-emotionally sustainable urban technology.
KW - Fun
KW - Play
KW - Situated Play Design
KW - Smart cities
KW - Speculative design
KW - Urban technology
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U2 - 10.1145/3464327.3464374
DO - 10.1145/3464327.3464374
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85115098167
T3 - ACM International Conference Proceeding Series
SP - 60
EP - 71
BT - Academic Mindtrek 2021 - Proceedings of the 24th International Academic Mindtrek Conference
PB - Association for Computing Machinery
Y2 - 1 June 2021 through 3 June 2021
ER -