Bayliss, A, Palmer, S, Hales, D et al. (1 more author) (2009) (Re)searching through play: play as a framework and methodology for collaborative design processes. International Journal of Arts and Technology, 2 (1-2). 5 - 21. ISSN 1754-8853
Abstract
This article presents the emergent objects research project Hoverflies - an investigation into hyper-physical interfaces where we explore how the traditional idea of 'user' might be supplanted by the notion of the 'participant-performer'. The concepts of play, composition and embodiment were central to the consideration of design by thinking through performance knowledge. Play frames as articulated and categorised by Huizinga and Caillois together with Deleuze's notion of the objectile were critical to the research process. Here, we discuss the design of technological and playful objects and offer a ludic response to the erasure of 'play' or 'looseness' in both technological systems and in the design process itself. The article describes the iterative performance of metaplay in the use of play as process. We ask how a designed outcome can induce play for participants and how play can be embraced within an open system of design.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | (c) 2009, Inderscience Publishers. This is an author produced version of a paper published in the International Journal of Arts and Technology. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | collaborative design; composition; embodiment; design process; emergence; experience; interaction; hyper-physical interfaces; metaplay; objectile; emergent objects; play frames; participant performer; performance knowledge; playful objects; technological objects |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > Performance and Cultural Industries (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 20 Jun 2014 10:37 |
Last Modified: | 12 Jul 2014 11:59 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJART.2009.024054 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Inderscience Publishers |
Identification Number: | 10.1504/IJART.2009.024054 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:79204 |