Designing for new photographic experiences
Sara Ljungblad · 2007
This paper reports on how we learned from an alternative practice in order to design engaging interactive technology intended for a more general user group. When investigating new types of digital photography we designed context photography, where real-time context data visually affects digital pictures as they are taken. To understand how to design for a meaningful photographic experience, we took inspiration from an amateur practice involving a particular type of analogue camera --- Lomography. This paper shows how such alternative or marginal practices can help to ground design of interactive technology in existing human interests, while at the same time leading to a novel design outcome.