Reverse alarm clock: a research through design example of <i>designing for the self</i> Export

@inproceedings{citeulike:3519062, abstract = {This paper documents a first attempt at "designing for the self", an approach to designing products intended to help people move closer to their idealized sense of self as they perform a specific role through the interaction with a product. This work follows a research through design approach, applying theory from consumer behavior research to address the needs of dual-income parents with young children. The clock, called the reverse alarm clock attempts to meet the goal of "Design for the Self" in four ways. First, the clock communicates information about time in a form children can understand, and so help children learn to become more responsible. Second, it gives parents more control over their lives by allowing them in absentia to relatively control the expression of time to their children. Third, the interaction with the clock has been placed within the intimate bedtime ritual parents and children share. Fourth, by keeping young children from waking their parents in the middle of the night, the clock increases parents' emotional reserve to deal with the morning rush. This paper details the design process and evaluation of the reverse alarm clock and provides our insights on designing for the self through the reflection of our process.}, address = {New York, NY, USA}, author = {Ozenc, Kursat F. and Brommer, James P. and Jeong, Bong K. and Shih, Nina and Au, Karen and Zimmerman, John}, booktitle = {DPPI '07: Proceedings of the 2007 conference on Designing pleasurable products and interfaces}, citeulike-article-id = {3519062}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1314196}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1314161.1314196}, doi = {10.1145/1314161.1314196}, isbn = {978-1-59593-942-5}, keywords = {design, pleasurable, product, self}, location = {Helsinki, Finland}, pages = {392--406}, posted-at = {2008-11-15 16:37:00}, priority = {2}, publisher = {ACM}, title = {Reverse alarm clock: a research through design example of <i>designing for the self</i>}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1314161.1314196}, year = {2007} }

TY - CONF ID - citeulike:3519062 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3519062 N2 - This paper documents a first attempt at "designing for the self", an approach to designing products intended to help people move closer to their idealized sense of self as they perform a specific role through the interaction with a product. This work follows a research through design approach, applying theory from consumer behavior research to address the needs of dual-income parents with young children. The clock, called the reverse alarm clock attempts to meet the goal of "Design for the Self" in four ways. First, the clock communicates information about time in a form children can understand, and so help children learn to become more responsible. Second, it gives parents more control over their lives by allowing them in absentia to relatively control the expression of time to their children. Third, the interaction with the clock has been placed within the intimate bedtime ritual parents and children share. Fourth, by keeping young children from waking their parents in the middle of the night, the clock increases parents' emotional reserve to deal with the morning rush. This paper details the design process and evaluation of the reverse alarm clock and provides our insights on designing for the self through the reflection of our process. CY - Helsinki, Finland SN - 978-1-59593-942-5 AD - New York, NY, USA EP - 406 TI - Reverse alarm clock: a research through design example of <i>designing for the self</i> PB - ACM T2 - DPPI '07: Proceedings of the 2007 conference on Designing pleasurable products and interfaces SP - 392 KW - design KW - pleasurable KW - product KW - self AU - Ozenc, Kursat AU - Brommer, James AU - Jeong, Bong AU - Shih, Nina AU - Au, Karen AU - Zimmerman, John PY - 2007/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1314161.1314196 ER -