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(Re)Searching the Digital Bauhaus

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  • © 2009

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Editors:
  1. Thomas Binder

    1. Danish Center for Design Research, Denmark

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  2. Jonas Löwgren

    1. Malmö University, Sweden

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  3. Lone Malmborg

    1. IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark

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  • Outstanding lineup of contributing authors
  • Connections back to the origins of modern design theory

Part of the book series: Human–Computer Interaction Series (HCIS)

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-VIII
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  2. Introduction – (Re-)Programming Interaction Design

    • Thomas Binder, Jonas Löwgren, Lone Malmborg
    Pages 1-12

  3. Yngve Sundblad

    • Thomas Binder, Jonas Löwgren, Lone Malmborg
    Pages 13-41

  4. Karri Kuutti

    • Thomas Binder, Jonas Löwgren, Lone Malmborg
    Pages 43-59

  5. Liam Bannon

    • Thomas Binder, Jonas Löwgren, Lone Malmborg
    Pages 61-77

  6. Kim Halskov

    • Thomas Binder, Jonas Löwgren, Lone Malmborg
    Pages 79-98

  7. Margot Brereton

    • Thomas Binder, Jonas Löwgren, Lone Malmborg
    Pages 99-120

  8. Jeanette Blomberg

    • Thomas Binder, Jonas Löwgren, Lone Malmborg
    Pages 121-144

  9. Giorgo De Michelis

    • Thomas Binder, Jonas Löwgren, Lone Malmborg
    Pages 145-162

  10. Bill Gaver

    • Thomas Binder, Jonas Löwgren, Lone Malmborg
    Pages 163-178

  11. Eric Zimmerman

    • Thomas Binder, Jonas Löwgren, Lone Malmborg
    Pages 179-190

  12. Johan RedstrÖm

    • Thomas Binder, Jonas Löwgren, Lone Malmborg
    Pages 191-217

  13. Sara Ilstedt Hjelm

    • Thomas Binder, Jonas Löwgren, Lone Malmborg
    Pages 219-234

  14. Joan Greenbaum

    • Thomas Binder, Jonas Löwgren, Lone Malmborg
    Pages 235-250

  15. Brenda Laurel

    • Thomas Binder, Jonas Löwgren, Lone Malmborg
    Pages 251-274

  16. Erik Stolterman

    • Thomas Binder, Jonas Löwgren, Lone Malmborg
    Pages 275-290

  17. Peter Ullmark

    • Thomas Binder, Jonas Löwgren, Lone Malmborg
    Pages 291-307

  18. Frieder Nake

    • Thomas Binder, Jonas Löwgren, Lone Malmborg
    Pages 309-331

  19. The Everyday Poetics Of a Digital Bauhaus

    • Thomas Binder, Jonas Löwgren, Lone Malmborg
    Pages 333-352

  20. Back Matter

    Pages 353-371
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About this book

The intent of this chapter is to outline a distinctive way of thinking about issues of technology and society that has characterized many Nordic approaches to the topic. One of the characteristics of this approach has been the recognition of the worth of human labour. Technology is not seen as an alien force, but something which is itself a product of human labour, and it can be designed and utilized in ways which augment human skills and expertise, rather than degrading them. What is particularly striking, at least to this author, in this approach is that we are presented not simply with a vision of how things could be better in our society, but with concrete exemplars of how we can build such a better world. It is in recognition of this fact that I have chosen the title of this chapter, as it emphasizes that, while the tradition of Utopian literature is the - lineation of a supposedly idea world which exists no-place (u-topos, in Greek), these visions can be an inspiration for quite practical activities on the ground, as steps towards their realization. As Wilde notes (in the quote above) this is a never-ending quest, as with each achievement, we recognize that there are further bridges to cross and places to be visited.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Danish Center for Design Research, Denmark

    Thomas Binder

  • Malmö University, Sweden

    Jonas Löwgren

  • IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark

    Lone Malmborg

About the editors

Thomas Binder is a design researcher and educator working with design students and industry to develop novel approaches to collaborative design and participatory methods to the study of the changing everyday of potential users.

Jonas Lowgren is an interaction designer with twenty years of experience from academia and industry. His research at Malmo University is focused on cross-media products, interactive visualizations and the design theory of digital materials.

Lone Malmborg is currently an Associate Professor of interaction design at IT University of Copenhagen. She is a member of the Innovative Communication Group. She has been developing and heading an education program in interaction design at Malmo University, Arts and Communication, and has been establishing and heading the research group Creative Environment.

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