MAS 963 · Designing Sociable Media
Instructor: Judith Donath

12.03 · The communicative techno-home

readings

• Tollmar and Persson. Understanding Remote Presence
• Hutchinson et al. Technology probes: inspiring design for and with families
• Hindus et al Casablanca: Designing social communication devices for the home
• Donath, Karahalios, Viegas. Visiphone

assignment  

Read the papers.

Discuss them in an essay using these questions as a starting point:

Is there a need for more communication technologies for the home? If so, what? Who needs to be communicating with whom? Are ubiquitous connections useful? In what circumstances? How might domestic communication technologies change the architecture of the home?

Please submit the URL of your critique and sketch online by Tuesday evening.