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- SENSE-SEAT: challenging disruptions in shared workspaces through a sensor-based SEATPublication . Ehrenberg, Nils; Silva, José Luís; Campos, PedroCreative industries’ workers are becoming more prominent as countries move towards intellectual-based economies. Consequently, the workplace needs to be reconfigured so that creativity and productivity can be better promoted at shared workspaces. We report on a study based on diaries, interviews and probes, with 8 creative industries’ profes sionals at a co-working space, with the goal of understand ing their advantages and disadvantages, and causes for cognitive disruptions. Findings indicate that temperature, noise and coworkers’ requests are the main causes for dis ruptions in the work processes. The insights are used to inform the design process of SENSE-SEAT, a seat with em bedded sensors and tangible actuators, as a contribution to reimagining the role of tangible and embedded interac tion in intelligent furniture. We are currently at a prototyping stage, with 3D prints and 3D renders and we explain the design process and outlining the early results.
- SENSE-SEAT: improving creativity and productivity through the redesign of a multisensory technological office chairPublication . Campos, Fernando Miguel; Ferreira, Carlos; Pestana, João; Campos, Pedro; Ehrenberg, Nils; Hydzik, Wojciech—The current trend of organizations offering their workers open-office spaces and co-working offices has been primed for stimulating teamwork and collaboration. However, this is not always valid as these kinds of spaces bring other types of challenges that compromise workers productivity and creativity. We present an approach for improving creativity and productivity at the workspace by redesigning an office chair that incorporates subtle technological elements that help users focus, relax and being more productive and creative. This sheds light on how we can better design interactive furniture for such popular contexts, as we develop this new chair through a multidisciplinary approach using ergonomics, interior design, interaction design, hardware and software engineering and psychology.
- SENSE-SEAT: reimagining ergonomics for a creativity support workstationPublication . Campos, Pedro; Pestana, João; Campos, Miguel; Freitas, Paulo; Ehrenberg, Nils; Hidzik, WojciechWe present an approach for improving creativity at the work place based on reimagining office furniture and bringing sub tle technological elements to persuade office workers towards more healthy, creative workstyles. SENSE-SEAT aims to shed light on how we can better design interactive furniture for the workplace.