From”Human-Computer Interaction”

to”The Use and Design of Digital

Artifacts”

Lars Erik HolmquistFuture Applications Lab

Viktoria Institute

Are we talking about the wrong things?

> Why are we so fixated on the computer?

> We don’t call a car a ”human-motor interface”!

> ”Re-thinking the way we interact with computers” to find tomorrow’s applications makes as much sense as ”re-thinking the car” to make a new shoe!

What should we talk about?

> Let’s try to lose:– Interfaces– Computers– Humans (as a separate entity)

> Instead I propose:

“The Use and Design of Digital Artifacts”