Category: Publications

What if tools were active collaborators – accomplices of users in gaining access to technology and co-designing desired futures? Through her PhD project Katrin Nora Kober explores the agency of tools in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and Interaction Design (IxD), challenging traditional human-centered perspectives by positioning tools as agents within dynamic networks of human and non-human…

How does one become a maker? What defines a maker and how does one identify with this role? What processes do makers go through and how are skills developed? This workshop explores biographies and identities, and how these have evolved into becoming makers, crafters, or tinkerers. A further publication addresses the definitions of making, makers,…

Beyond contributing a new way to make soft, responsive electronic materials, this work suggests that sometimes the most innovative approach to wellbeing technology isn’t building another app – it’s rediscovering the therapeutic power of making things with our hands. This study explores what happens when you combine traditional wool felting with conductive materials – and…

This research addresses the question of how Makers and Making as an activity can be defined, based on 15 semi-structured interviews. A diverse range of creative activities were explored, such as working with textiles, robotics, and electronics. The Makers varied in gender, origin, and age to ensure a wide spectrum of perspectives.This research provides a…