friendship jewellery

iteration 02

 
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Friendship Jewellery 02 2005
The Friendship Jewellery, at the centre of my doctoral research, continued with a second design iteration in 2005, addressing issues of wearability, user control, power supply and readability of output, as well as the more nebulous aesthetic aspects of the pieces. Five networked pendants were created at the jeweller’s workbench for a group of five female friends in Scotland, using Speckled Computing prototype technology.

The five friends were with the project for two years and participated in a series of activities which sketched their friendship network. These included self monitoring questionnaires, collage activities, and social space interviews. The working jewellery network was then used in social approach and avoidance games in the public space of the Royal Museum of Scotland, allowing me to observe the women and objects in action together. 


This excerpt is from the thesis abstract:

The user centred methodology was informed by Actor Network Theory to account for the agency of the researcher and the event of task based analyses, and included lifeworld analysis techniques drawn from a range of disciplines such as Psychology and experimental Interaction Design. Three data sets collected over the course of two years were analysed using Grounded Theory, and a novel visualisation tool was developed to illustrate potential commitment to the novel concept designs. The methodology revealed a story of what the women made of the jewellery, how they enacted these understandings, and where this process took place.


links:
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abstractA.pdf
thesisVol1.pdf (main text)
thesisVol2.pdf (papers)

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papers & articles:

Kettley, S. & Smyth, M. (2006). Plotting Affect and Premises for Use in Aesthetic Interaction Design: towards evaluation for the everyday. Proceedings of HCI UK. Vol.1. London September 11-15 2006. 
hci_uk_2006.pdf

Kettley, S. (2007). An Engagement with Emerging Technology. In Axis Dialogue, January 2007. 
axisArticle.pdf
 
Kettley, S. (2007). Reflection and Transparency: Rhythms in Experiences with Craft. In Proceedings New Craft – Future Voices International Conference, pp 304-310. University of Dundee, Scotland, 04-06 July 2007. 
Reflection and Transparency.pdf





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Friendship Jewellery :: 2005


formica, perspex, Speckled Computer prototype

one of five networked pendants