Towards an Oslo School of interaction design

The articles 'highlight attention to critical engagement through research from two collaborating institutions: the Oslo School of Architecture and Design (Institute of Design) and the University of Oslo (including Inter Media, an interdisciplinary research center, and the Department of Media and Communication). The articles are drawn from a number of funded projects, and they involve senior researchers and recent PhD students in collaborative composition, design, and writing.

It is perhaps the ongoing interdisciplinary co-designing for engagement, fuller inclusion of participant experience and meaningful cultural exchange that marks what might be called the “Oslo School” of interaction and communication design.

In his Letter from the Editor, Morrison argues that 'The design aspects of digitally mediated exchange are often passed over in favor of studying users and use. Such studies are important, but if we ignore what motivates and shapes the design of interactional tools and related affordances for communication, we cannot fully assess the quality of the design behind what is being mediated.'

Access the articles (abstracts) :

www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/87554615

(print copies of the journal are available at the University of Oslo)

Articles from AHO:

Investigating an “Internet of Hybrid Products”: Assembling Products, Interactions, Services, and Networks through Design
Jørn Knutsen, Einar Sneve Martinussen, Timo Arnall, Andrew Morrison

Visualizations of Digital Interaction in Daily Life
Andrew Morrison, Timo Arnall

African Clouds over the Oslo Opera
Henry Mainsah, Andrew Morrison