Sunday 30 October 2011

Brief idea 2

'To what extent does the concept of memory influence user engagement when embodied within a digital artefact'

Project Deadline: 30 November

Context: This project is about understanding how embodying personal experiences within a digital artifact influences users responses to it; which digital artefact's they use, for how long, how they use them and how often they use them.

Insight: This project focuses on understanding the importance of memory or personal history to further enrich the user experience. Social media is constantly creating increasingly personalised experiences, with content and the availability of personalised information. There are a wealth of ways that the user experience can be enriched by tapping into memory and creating profiles. However, designers have to understand how it affects engagement with an object whether this be positive or negative and to which extent.

Objectives: This project aims to investigate the individual. Detailed research processes will be developed as well as various prototyping techniques. Familiarity with emerging technologies is also important, and how they can be used.

6. Reading:
Identity, Personality and The Self, John Perry
Memory: History, Theories and Debate, Sally Alexander (and collected authors)

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