Outputs (2)

Making and Unfinishedness: Designing Toolkits for Negotiation (2017)
Journal Article
Smyth, M., & Helgason, I. (2017). Making and Unfinishedness: Designing Toolkits for Negotiation. Design Journal, 20(sup1), S3966-S3974. https://doi.org/10.1080/14606925.2017.1352899

The diffusion and democratisation of computing technologies and physical prototyping systems has supported the rise of Do-It-Yourself culture. In the context of design innovation, this shift has undoubtedly blurred the lines between the roles of amat... Read More about Making and Unfinishedness: Designing Toolkits for Negotiation.

DIY Community WiFi Networks: Insights on Participatory Design
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Smyth, M., & Helgason, I. (2019, May). DIY Community WiFi Networks: Insights on Participatory Design. Presented at CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Glasgow

This paper presents a first version of a set of insights developed collaboratively by researchers during a three-year participatory design project spread across four European locations. The MAZI project explored potential uses of a "Do-It-Yourself" W... Read More about DIY Community WiFi Networks: Insights on Participatory Design.