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Aesthetic interaction: a pragmatist's aesthetics of interactive systems

Authors:

Marianne Graves Petersen,

Ole Sejer Iversen,

Peter Gall Krogh,

Martin LudvigsenAuthors Info & Claims

DIS '04: Proceedings of the 5th conference on Designing interactive systems: processes, practices, methods, and techniques

Pages 269 - 276

https://doi.org/10.1145/1013115.1013153

Published: 01 August 2004 Publication History

Abstract

There is a growing interest in considering aesthetic aspects in the design of interactive systems. A set of approaches are emerging each representing different applications of the terminology as well as different inherent assumptions on the role of the user, designer and interaction ideals. In this paper, we use the concept of Pragmatist Aesthetics to provide a framework for distinguishing between different approaches to aesthetics. Moreover, we use our own design cases to illustrate how pragmatist aesthetics is a promising path to follow in the context of designing interactive systems, as it promotes aesthetics of use, rather than aesthetics of appearance. We coin this approach in the perspective of aesthetic interaction. Finally we make the point that aesthetics is not re-defining everything known about interactive systems. We provide a framework placing this perspective among other perspectives on interaction.

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1. Human-centered computing
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