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Welcome to the 2006 Convivio Summer School at Napier University in Edinburgh

Welcome to the 2006 Convivio Summer School at Napier University in Edinburgh. 2003 Rome - 2004 Split - 2005 Timisoara 2006: 44 participants, 7 atelier leaders, 11 lecturers, from 15 countries Directors: Riccardo Antonini, Yngve Sundblad Local organiser 2006: Michael Smyth

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Welcome to the 2006 Convivio Summer School at Napier University in Edinburgh

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  1. Welcome to the 2006 Convivio Summer School at Napier University in Edinburgh • 2003 Rome - 2004 Split - 2005 Timisoara • 2006: 44 participants, 7 atelier leaders, 11 lecturers, from 15 countries • Directors: Riccardo Antonini, Yngve Sundblad • Local organiser 2006: Michael Smyth • Convivio is the EU-supported Network of excellence in • people-centred design of interactive systems Yngve Sundblad, KTH, Stockholm

  2. Our host, Napier University • Represented by • Professor Peter Strike Yngve Sundblad, KTH, Stockholm

  3. Programme August 14-18, 21-25 • In general: • 9.30 Lecture here • 11.00 Coffee break • 11.30 Continued lecture • 13.00 Catered lunch here • 14.00- Atelier work Yngve Sundblad, KTH, Stockholm

  4. Programme, special events • Mon Aug.14, 14:00 City bus tour from here followed by atelier set-up • Wed Aug.16, 19:00 Film here: Kitchen stories • Fri Aug.18, 20:30 Ghost walk Mercat Cross • Tue Aug.22, 19:30 Gala Dinner - The Dome • Thu Aug.24 Full day atelier work • Fri Aug.25, 10:00 Public presentation, p.97, • followed by feedback Yngve Sundblad, KTH, Stockholm

  5. Lectures • Mon 14th Michael Smyth, Napier University Artefacts, Places and Interaction Design • Tue 15th Irene McAra-McWilliam,Glasgow Art school'Connected Community' and Living Memory' and examples of designing for & with community • Wed 16th Anxo, Univ. Brighton & Nina, NID, IndiaThe User experience in pervasive communication scenarios, Design for contexts and sociability • Thu 17th DK Arvind, Univ. Edinburgh: Speckled Computing • Fri 18th Joi Roberts, Motorola, Chicago: Interaction Design - Life Beyond Academia • Mon 21st Alan Munro: Lecture title to be decided • Tue 22nd Jean-Baptiste Labrune, Univ. Paris Sud Reflexive creativity • Wed 23rd Victor Vina, Design School Barcelona Narrative and Meaning of Electronic Products Yngve Sundblad, KTH, Stockholm

  6. Five ateliers - with leaders • Bandwagon - Silvio Cioni, University of Siena • Capture Experiences - Kicki Groth & Adler, KTH • Companions - David Benyon, Napier University • Sharing Stories - Anxo Cereijo Roibàs, Univ. of Brighton & Nina Sabnani, National Institute of Design, India • Speckled Computing, DK Arvind, University of Edinburgh • All participants got their first or second choice! Yngve Sundblad, KTH, Stockholm

  7. Philosophy • Multidisciplinary and multicultural meetings • Sharing, developing and working with interaction design coupled to a local context • Design of interactive systems, emphasising paying attention to users’ needs • People centred design - involving users, let them participate at as equal standing as possible • Work with ideas and materials • Fast prototypes • Process rather than products • Based on long people centred IT tradition (Participatory Design etc) Yngve Sundblad, KTH, Stockholm

  8. Aims • Experience the value of involving users • Experience the importance of different perspectives (”disciplines”) for understanding• habits, needs and expectations• what to design• how to design • Present ideas and process - not only product Yngve Sundblad, KTH, Stockholm

  9. Brief brief • Involve and meet users • Spend considerable time with users in town, understanding habits, needs and desires • Work multidisciplinarily • Explore ideas • Mingle and discuss project with other ateliers - No Competition!! • Iterate • Document process thoroughly with video Yngve Sundblad, KTH, Stockholm

  10. Methods • A large set of methods, useful in same or different contexts, not just “the method” • Adopt some methods contributed by lecturers, atelier leaders, yourselves • Try to get widely different perspectives, “triangulate” (Wendy Mackay) Yngve Sundblad, KTH, Stockholm

  11. Methods Yngve Sundblad, KTH, Stockholm

  12. Methods - there are many Yngve Sundblad, KTH, Stockholm

  13. Methods - one specific: Probes • Open ended to provide inspirational responses for designers (Bill Gaver, Fiona Raby, Andy Dunne) • For us also involving users in discussions about habits, needs and desires Yngve Sundblad, KTH, Stockholm

  14. Some probe observations of family communication habits and desires: shared information spaces, nice and ugly things Yngve Sundblad, KTH, Stockholm

  15. Methods - another specific:Low-tech prototyping Yngve Sundblad, KTH, Stockholm

  16. My own experience of IT user involvement • Graphic workers - Utopia 1981-85 • Architects for sketching tools • Programmers for cooperation tools • Office workers’ cooperation - EU Comic 1992-95 • Elementary school children - EU KidStory 1998-2001 • Intergenerational Family Comm. - EU interLiving 2001-04 • Call centres in Stockholm archipelago • Teachers in Stockholm archipelago • Workfloor use of Enterprise Resource Planning Systems • Knowledge workers - EU Nepomuk 2006-08 • … Yngve Sundblad, KTH, Stockholm

  17. Spectacular user involvement for new ideas • Spreadsheet ~ 1978 – Computer Science student Bob Frankston with Economy student Dan Bricklin (user)http://www.bricklin.com/history/intro.htm • KidPix ~ 1988 – Craig Hickman with 3-year-old son Ben http://pixelpoppin.com/kidpix/ • PhotoShop ~ 1990 – Adobe programmers with photographers (users)http://www.storyphoto.com/multimedia/multimedia_photoshop.html • Mosaic/Netscape ~ 1993 – Mark Andriessen, Univ. of Illinois, with buddies as usershttp://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Divisions/Communications/MosaicHistory/ Yngve Sundblad, KTH, Stockholm

  18. Summer school experiences: Fun (Timisoara 2005) Yngve Sundblad, KTH, Stockholm

  19. Experiences: Atelier work (Split 2004) - Lynn Baillie Yngve Sundblad, KTH, Stockholm

  20. Ajmo Splite! (Come on Split!) - Adults and children giving city planning video input via playful kiosk - display on Diocletian palace walls Yngve Sundblad, KTH, Stockholm

  21. Experiences: >10 media coverages of Split Yngve Sundblad, KTH, Stockholm

  22. Experiences: Process video (Rome 2003) • ”Red atelier” - Memory Book - Sally Beardsley • ”Green atelier” - Digital traces - Ivica Mitrovic • ”White atelier” - Invisible cities - Alan Munro Yngve Sundblad, KTH, Stockholm

  23. Experiences: General impact • Very active student (and teacher) communities:Network groups from 2003, 2004 and 2005 with peaks of about 100 messages per monthAlmost Terabytes of pictures and videos on common serversConference joint papers, e.g. Short CHI • Great international network and community for the future • Extended understanding for importance of people-centred ICT design (press coverage etc.) • Closer involvement with all parts of Europe • Impact also in the Argentina, China, Colombia, India, Japan, Thailand, Turkey, USA • Participants and lecturers and atelier leaders alsofrom industry Yngve Sundblad, KTH, Stockholm

  24. Practicalities • Internet - WaveLan - access: fill in form • Coffee break and lunch outside • … Yngve Sundblad, KTH, Stockholm

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