Personal Interaction through Individual Artifacts

Abstract

Understanding and executing interactions with communication interfaces can be a bitter process, especially with basic or none technology knowledge. The paper gives insights in developing a tangible interface called kommTUi, a single user communication interface triggering interaction through a mixture of pre-produced, generic tokens and personal artifacts both serving as objects for defined interactions. We explore the importance of individualising tokens and personal relations between objects and users for interaction design and present findings from participatory design workshops.