Design Memoirs

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This project explores design as a mode of telling personal stories about how something feels, felt or may be felt differently in the future. It consists of a very personal collaboration between Laura Devendorf, Kristina Andersen, and Aisling Kelliher. We started the project as an attempt to understand the limits of design���what does it mean to design if it���s not about making something ���better��� or ���easier.��� Specifically, we thought back on our experiences as mothers and tried to develop methods to investigate that experience through design. In this way, we try to make ���memoirs��� with objects that tell of our felt experiences and that bring out practices of witnessing and honoring instead of resolving.

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Associated Researchers

Additional Researchers
, assistant professor, Future Everyday cluster of the Department of Industrial Design, Eindhoven University of Technology.
, 泭associate professor, Computer Science Department, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

Publications

Laura Devendorf, Kristina Andersen, and Aisling Kelliher. 2020. "". In:泭Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ���20). (Honolulu, Hawaii (virtual)���April 25-30, 2020)泭[Honorable Mention Award]