Mafalda Gamboa

schoolChalmers University of Technologybar_chart#1085 Global Rank

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#1085

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Making Intimate Technologies Together

Feminist research highlights the urgent need to challenge the oppressive design of commercial intimate technologies, particularly how the FemTech industry restricts access to intimate bodily knowledge through paywalls and proprietary systems. Yet, for decades, women and marginalized communities have turned to Do-It-Yo…

CHI '253rd AuthorHaptic Wearables +1

Identifying Critical Points of Departure for the Design of Self-Fashioning Technologies

Designing technologies that clothe, adorn, or are otherwise placed on the body raises questions concerning the role they will play in dressing ourselves. We situate self-fashioning – or the process through which we stylise and present our bodies – as a complex practice where a series of social, material, and contextua…

DIS '242nd AuthorBest PaperShape-Changing Interfaces & Soft Robotic Materials +1

The Undertable: A Design Remake of the Mediated Body

Tables are a ubiquitous piece of furniture, a familiar sight in most environments from intimate to public. The dimensions of social interplay surrounding every single table are profoundly complex. In our project, we lift the importance of the neglected space under the table through the playful development of a tangibl…

DIS '241st AuthorDesign Fiction

In Praise of Shadows: Sensibility and Somaesthetic Appreciation for Shadows in Interaction Design

Wherever there is light, there is shadow --- an inevitable immaterial material, with an undeniable presence in interaction gestalt. Inspired by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki's book In Praise of Shadows, we report on our journey towards building a sensibility and somaesthetic appreciation for shadows physically, metaphorically,…

CC '231st AuthorGame UX & Player Behavior +1

Screenshots as Photography in Gamescapes: An Annotated Psychogeography of Imaginary Places

Travel is an integral part of our lives, whether for work or leisure. Since the advent of photography, we have documented our journeys, often sharing the images with friends and family to reflect upon the experience, tell stories, or invite commentary. We often lose ourselves in digital media – film, documentary and g…

CC '22CorrespondingUser Research Methods (Interviews, Surveys, Observation) +1

Conversations with Myself: Sketching Workshop Experiences in Design Epistemology

I was not born a designer – sometime this identity shift must have happened. I was unaware of it, and if asked, I would still not know how to define a “designer”. Drawing and sketching are activities intrinsic to the design discipline, and are widely understood as tools for communication, documentation, or artefact-dr…

DIS '215th+ AuthorSocial Robot Interaction +2

Collection of Metaphors for Human-Robot Interaction

The word “robot” frequently conjures unrealistic expectations of utilitarian perfection: tireless, efficient, and flawless agents. However, real-world robots are far from perfect - they fail and make mistakes. Thus, roboticists should consider altering their current assumptions and cultivating new perspectives that ac…

CHI '213rd AuthorFull-Body Interaction & Embodied Input +2

Azalea: Co-experience in Remote Dialog through Diminished Reality and Somaesthetic Interaction Design

We introduce Azalea: a design to enrich remote dialog by diminishing externalities, created through a process informed by somaesthetics. Azalea is a tactile cushion that envelops a smartphone running a bespoke app. A pair of Azaleas mediate an embodied co-experience between remote interlocutors via a motion-driven sou…

CHI '214th AuthorSerious & Functional Games +2

What Matters in Professional Drone Pilots’ Practice? An Interview Study to Understand the Complexity of Their Work and Inform Human-Drone Interaction Research

Human-drone interaction is a growing topic of interest within HCI research. Researchers propose many innovative concepts for drone applications, but much of this research does not incorporate knowledge on existing applications already adopted by professionals. This limits the validity of said research. To address this…

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