Delightful Encounters: Fun, Curiosity, and Connection in Design: Fun, Curiosity, and Connection in Design

Anna R. L. Carter; Dalya Al-Shahrabi; Lauren Scott; Patricia Piedade

doi:10.1145/3780154

Delightful Encounters: Fun, Curiosity, and Connection in Design: Fun, Curiosity, and Connection in Design

Anna R. L. Carter, Dalya Al-Shahrabi, Lauren Scott, Patricia Piedade

School of Computer Science

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This forum explores how fun and joy can reimagine our relationships with technology and foreground delight and curiosity as essential principles for designing digital futures built on connection and imagination. --- Anna R. L. Carter, Dalya Al-Shahrabi, Lauren Scott, and Patrícia Piedade, Editors

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	54-56
Number of pages	3
Journal	Interactions
Volume	33
Issue number	1
Early online date	18 Dec 2025
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3780154
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2026

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