Designing connected resources for older people

Conference paper (2018)

Authors

I. Nicenboim Human Information Communication Design - IDE
Elisa Giaccardi Human Information Communication Design - IDE
Lenneke Kuijer Eindhoven University of Technology
Research Group
Human Information Communication Design (IDE) (TU Delft)
Copyright: © 2018 I. Nicenboim, Elisa Giaccardi, Lenneke Kuijer
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3196709.3196808
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Published Date

2018

Language

English

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Faculty

Industrial Design Engineering

Department

Human-Centered Design

Research Group

Human Information Communication Design

Abstract

In this pictorial, we illustrate steps towards a novel approach that situates connected technologies for older people as resources. In contrast to mainstream approaches in gerontechnology that consider elderly as frail and passive, we aim to complement older people's vital competences by designing technologies that can be used in less prescriptive, and broader ways. The pictorial describes our design process in which resourceful strategies were identi-fed through thing ethnography and used as inspiration to create a series of new connected objects conceived as resources.

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