About the project

This is project is a PhD study under the Touch project. It investigates how RFID may be used by interaction designers to create innovative user experiences. The goal is to create a framework for understanding RFID in context of interaction design practice.

Central research questions: How may emerging technology be analyzed, re-conceptualized and presented to support creative interaction design practices? What is RFID in an interaction design perspective?

Analytical frames: Activity theory, design theory and HCI.

Methods: Practice based design research, prototypes, modelling.

Deliverables: PhD thesis (3 journal articles, framework for RFID from a design perspective).

Duration: 1 August 2006 – 1 August 2010.

Funding: Research Council of Norway (NFR, VERDICT programme).

Partners: University of Oslo, Interactive Institute Göteborg, Bengler Media. Informal: Nokia Insight and Forsight, Telenor R&D, Opera Software, AULA CRAFT, Sintef, EQuator/University of Surrey; Goldsmiths University London.

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Supervisor: Prof. Andrew Morrison