Methods for Designing Tangible UI: A First Comparative Case Study

Céline Coutrix (1) , Guillaume Rivière (2) , Katarzyna Borgiel (2) , Julien Castet (3) , Nadine Couture (2) , Brygg Ullmer (4) , Jens Geelhaar (5) , Patrick Reuter (3, 6) , Nawel Takouachet (2) , Christophe Kolski (7) , Sophie Lepreux (7) , Jérémy Legardeur (2, 8) , Sébastien Kubicki (9) , Yvonne Jansen (10) , Amira Bouadid (11)

1 IIHM - Ingénierie de l’Interaction Homme-Machine
2 ESTIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
3 LaBRI - Laboratoire Bordelais de Recherche en Informatique
4 CCT - Center for Computation and Technology [Baton Rouge]
5 Interface Design
6 MANAO - Melting the frontiers between Light, Shape and Matter
7 LAMIH - Laboratoire d'Automatique, de Mécanique et d'Informatique industrielles et Humaines - UMR 8201
8 IMS - Laboratoire de l'intégration, du matériau au système
9 RAIHM
10 AVIZ - Analysis and Visualization
11 Université de Sfax - University of Sfax

In this work-in-progress, we present early comparative experiences with methods for designing tangible user interfaces (TUIs). Groups of designers used different approaches for design in the context of a concrete case study: a TUI for controlling LED lighting within hotel rooms. From the results of the groups and methods, we wish to discuss the first comparison between different approaches. Eventually, our aim is to provide a consensual comparison of benefits and drawbacks of each approach, as such a consensual result could be highly beneficial to designers.

Keywords: Tangible User Interfaces; Design Methods; Case Study; Experimentation

Domains: Human-Computer Interaction [cs.HC]

Céline Coutrix, Guillaume Rivière, Katarzyna Borgiel, Julien Castet, Nadine Couture, et al.. Methods for Designing Tangible UI: A First Comparative Case Study. TEI 2013 Work in progress, 7th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interaction, Feb 2013, Barcelona, Spain. ⟨hal-00772570⟩