Joep Frens

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Embodied fitting for ultra-personalized workwear – opportunities and perceived risks of embodied vs. digital tools

There is a rise of digitally fabricated products based on users’ data, known as ultra-personalization. In earlier works, tools that allow future wearers to express their needs and wishes are scarce. We took a Research through Design approach to create two tools for future wearers to capture their needs and wishes for…

DIS '244th AuthorHonorable MentionSustainable HCI +1

Close a door to open a window: Unpacking strategies and know-how in making comfortable.

Together with 11 lower-income households, we explored how assumptions embedded in domestic energy interfaces match their needs, expectations, and everyday practices around domestic energy use and comfort. Catalyzed by cultural probes, residents (1) shared the diverse strategies and know-how involved in making themselv…

CHI '203rd AuthorShape-Changing Interfaces & Soft Robotic Materials +1

I am Not an Object: Reframing 3D Body Scanning for Co-Design

3D scanning technologies provide designers with tools to generate a digital representation of the human body that can be used in the design of ultra-personalized apparel and wearables. However, prior work shows that the body scanning process can be an uncomfortable experience for users. In this work, we take a first-p…

CHI '185th+ AuthorHonorable MentionMental Health Apps & Online Support Communities +2

Exploring the Value of Parent Tracked Baby Data in Interactions with Healthcare Professionals: A Data-enabled Design Exploration

This paper presents a designerly exploration of the potential values of parent-tracked baby data in interactions between parents and healthcare professionals (HCPs). Where previous work has used parent-tracked data as part of the solution to a problem, we contribute by starting our design exploration from data, using…

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