Design for reflection.
Since a few years, a number of academic papers have been proposing to shift from user-centered design to human-centered (or person) design. In this contribution, we discuss as the common tread underlying these works the idea that design should also address the reflective part of our human experience, and not only aim to maximize the experiential aspects. Our review is complemented with examples derived from the internet world and from ICT consumer products. The main research areas we see as promising for the approach of "design for reflection" are: design for pauses, design for detachment, design for serendipity.
Faculty of Architecture, University of Sassari-Alghero, Palazzo del Pou Salit-Piazza Duomo 6, Alghero (SS), Italy.
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Bagnara
Simone
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Pozzi
D004644:Emotions; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D012985:Software Design; D013850:Thinking; D014584:User-Computer Interface