Gest speaker, Bill Gaver, Friday at 10 at Smalltalk

Bill Gaver is Professor of Design and co-leader of the Interaction Research Studio at Goldsmiths, University of London. He pursues research on design-led methodologies and innovative technologies for everyday life in a studio that brings the skills of designers together with expertise in ubiquitous computing and sociology. With the Studio, he has developed produced a series of highly-finished research products that have been deployed for long-term field trials and exhibited internationally at venues such as the V&A Museum, Tate Britain, and New York’s MOMA. 

 

In this talk, I describe how my studio has pursued research through design in a number of projects, ranging from an appliance provides a resource for prayer to a set of devices that provide information about the sociopolitical character of the local area. I suggest that, as an approach to research, Design may be held accountable to different criteria than scientific approaches. This offers exciting methodological and conceptual freedom, and supports exploration of curious mixtures of values and experiences.