Designing for time

XVI.4 July + August 2009
Page: 34
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FEATURETime, temporality, and interaction


Authors:
Sus Lundgren, Theo Hultberg

Theo had just discovered the musician Robert Fripp, who is famous for recording himself while playing and then playing it back—in effect, playing along with himself [1]. Theo: "What if we do that in interaction design?" Me: "...?" Theo:"What if we use time as a kind of design material?" The question kick-started an intense brainstorming session and a project that was to last for a couple of months. Theo has a point. Most of the time we do not start out by considering time in our designs; we let other parameters steer design and let the use of time…




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