Curious Rituals

Translation of research insights and ethnographic observation into a guide book of interaction modalities and human-centricity

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Project Summary

This research project is about gestures, postures and digital rituals that typically emerged with the use of digital technologies (computers, mobile phones, sensors, robots, etc.). Gestures such as recalibrating your smartphone doing an horizontal 8 sign with your hand, the swiping of wallet with RFID cards in public transports, etc. These practices can be seen as the results of a co-construction between technical/physical constraints, contextual variables, designers intents and people’s understanding. We can see them as an intriguing focus of interest to envision the future of material culture.

Client:

Team: Art Center College of Design, Near Future Laboratory

Project Year: 2012

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Published On: Apr 13, 2024, 12:55

Updated On: Jul 6, 2024, 22:41

Written By: Julian Bleecker

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The Outcomes

This was a successful translation of ethnographic and observational research into engaging, tangible forms, giving a sense of the new kinds of curious, strange, peculiar interaction rituals that have been discovered and adopted over time, many of which are related directly to the introduction of new technologies, interfaces, and devices.

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The aim of the project is to envision the future of gestures and rituals based on:

A documentation of current digital gestures The making of design fiction films that speculate about their evolution For more information, please contact nicolas (at) nearfuturelaboratory (dot) com

“Curious Rituals” was produced as part of a research residency in the Media Design Program at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California.

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