Research Products at Scale: Learnings from Designing Devices in Multiples of Ones, Tens, Hundreds and Thousands

Andrew Boucher

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Research Products at Scale: Learnings from Designing Devices in Multiples of Ones, Tens, Hundreds and Thousands

Andrew Boucher

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Abstract

In this paper, I argue that scale is an important quality of research products [32] and reflect upon the lessons learnt from designing and producing research products at scales ranging from one-offs to those reproduced in thousands. I describe details from a body of research completed by our studio over twenty years by examining four research projects that were designed, developed, and manufactured at four distinct levels of scale. I draw out details from these projects that have not previously been reported and discuss the methodological implications of growth not just for design and production, but also for strategies for engaging with participants. In addition, I discuss particular features of research products produced at the four levels of scale and describe the benefits and trade-offs of producing research products at different scales.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’23), April 23–28, 2023, Hamburg, Germany
Editors	Albrecht Schmidt, Kaisa Väänänen, Tesh Goyal, Per Ola Kristensson, Anicia Peters, Stefanie Mueller, Julie R. Williamson, Max L. Wilson
Place of Publication	New York, NY, USA
Publisher	ACM
Pages	1-5
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450394215
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3544548.3581540
Publication status	Published - 19 Apr 2023
Event	ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2023 (CHI23) - Congress Center Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany Duration: 23 Apr 2023 → 28 Apr 2023 https://chi2023.acm.org/

Conference

Conference	ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2023 (CHI23)
Abbreviated title	CHI23
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Hamburg
Period	23/04/23 → 28/04/23
Internet address	https://chi2023.acm.org/

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Interaction Research Studio

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7 Citations
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2 Book
1 Article

My Naturewatch Camera
Gaver, W., Boucher, A., Brown, D., Matsuda, N., Molinera, J., Ovalle, L., Sheen, A., Vanis, M., Phillips, R., Abbas-Nazari, A., Growing, B. & Anderson, R., 3 Jun 2021, London: Royal College of Art. 155 p.
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My Naturewatch Camera: Disseminating Practice Research with a Cheap and Easy DIY Design
Gaver, W., Boucher, A., Vanis, M., Sheen, A., Brown, D., Ovalle Piedra, L., Matsuda, N., Abbas-Nazari, A. & Phillips, R., 2 May 2019, CHI '19: Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. New York: ACM, p. 1-13 13 p. 302
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

Open Access
43 Citations (Scopus)
Designing and making the datacatchers: Batch producing location-Aware mobile devices
Boucher, A. & Gaver, W., 20 Mar 2017, TEI 2017 - Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction. New York, NY, United States: ACM, p. 243-251 9 p. (TEI 2017 - Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction).
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Boucher, A. (2023). Research Products at Scale: Learnings from Designing Devices in Multiples of Ones, Tens, Hundreds and Thousands. In A. Schmidt, K. Väänänen, T. Goyal, P. O. Kristensson, A. Peters, S. Mueller, J. R. Williamson, & M. L. Wilson (Eds.), Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’23), April 23–28, 2023, Hamburg, Germany (pp. 1-5). Article 177 ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/3544548.3581540

Boucher, Andrew. / Research Products at Scale : Learnings from Designing Devices in Multiples of Ones, Tens, Hundreds and Thousands. Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’23), April 23–28, 2023, Hamburg, Germany. editor / Albrecht Schmidt ; Kaisa Väänänen ; Tesh Goyal ; Per Ola Kristensson ; Anicia Peters ; Stefanie Mueller ; Julie R. Williamson ; Max L. Wilson. New York, NY, USA : ACM, 2023. pp. 1-5

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Research Products at Scale: Learnings from Designing Devices in Multiples of Ones, Tens, Hundreds and Thousands

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My Naturewatch Camera

My Naturewatch Camera: Disseminating Practice Research with a Cheap and Easy DIY Design

Designing and making the datacatchers: Batch producing location-Aware mobile devices

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