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Information-for-use has become abstracted from human skills during the rise of interactive products. This chapter describes the search for a new interaction paradigm for interactive products, applying a research through design approach. Five conceptual cameras were designed to explore the solution domain for this new paradigm, named rich interaction. One of the proposals was elaborated into a modular, working prototype. The prototype accepts different interface modules to vary the interaction style of the camera from rich to conventional. In an experiment the interaction styles were compared.
In this article I report on research that was performed as part of my PhD, emphasising the methodology that was applied. For a complete report I refer the reader to my PhD thesis [01]
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Frens, J. (2007). Research through Design: a Camera Case Study. In: Michel, R. (eds) Design Research Now. Board of International Research in Design. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7643-8472-2_9
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