Sketching Shape-changing Interfaces: Exploring Vocabulary, Metaphors Use, and Affordances
summary
Study recruits 21 designers from 264 invitees and asks each to sketch a shape-changing radio or mobile phone for one hour, producing drawings, photos and models that the team codes. Analysis finds 37 of 42 sketches use metaphors, viscosity never appears in the vocabulary, and common mappings include up=more volume and unusual ones like a radio that curls around the ear to reveal controls. Affordances often misalign: handling cues do not always match effector outcomes.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Introduction and motivation
- 1:10Study design and methodology
- 4:25Sketching dynamic shape-changes
- 6:16Vocabulary and shape-change types
- 8:50Metaphors in shape-changing interfaces
- 13:54Metaphor use and potential
- 16:03Affordances in dynamic interfaces
- 17:48Design patterns and conclusions
- 18:29Audience Q&A
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