Andrew P. McPherson

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What the Sensor Knows: More-Than-Human Knowledge Co-Production in Wood Carving

From an engineering perspective, sensors provide measurements of phenomena in the world. Sensor data might be noisy, biased or otherwise subject to error, and these labels presuppose the existence of an objective ground truth the sensor is intended to approximate. This paper explores an alternative look at sensor sign…

CHI '23CorrespondingUser Research Methods (Interviews, Surveys, Observation) +1

Negotiating Experience and Communicating Information Through Abstract Metaphor

An implicit assumption in metaphor use is that it requires grounding in a familiar concept, prominently seen in the popular Desktop Metaphor. In human-to-human communication, however, abstract metaphors, without such grounding, are often used with great success. To understand when and why metaphors work, we present a…

CHI '22CorrespondingFull-Body Interaction & Embodied Input +1

Super Size Me: Interface Size, Identity and Embodiment in Digital Musical Instrument Design

Digital interfaces are shrinking, driven by pressures of mass production and consumer culture, and often accompanied by a discourse of control, precision or convenience. Meanwhile, human bodies remain the same size, and the changing size of interfaces has implications for the formation of user identities. Drawing on e…

DIS '202nd AuthorDesign Fiction +2

Useless, not Worthless: Absurd Making as Critical Practice

We report on the outcomes of a hackathon organised around the themes of absurd musical interfaces, questionable sonic interactions and unworkable music designs. At the core of the project is the intention to explore absurd making as a way to support critical and disruptive design practices. We reflect on how surreal,…

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