Grand.C: Connecting grandparents with their grandchildren through cultural heritage and interactive product-service system
Design inclusive research realized in Ivo Dewit's PhD research. Beyond the Temporality of Nodes: Digitally and Physically Connecting Generations Through Product Service System Design, a Case Study - Grand.C
Research questions.
How can we reconnect grandparents with their grandchildren?
How can we allow grandchildren to snoop in the past of their grandparents and cultural heritage in general?
How can we design an authentic user experience, free play and verbal tradition?
Does a specific PSS design methodology enhance value creation
beyond the product?
Can the design digitally and physically connecting generations?
Impact.
- International Conference on Design & Emotion: 27-30 Sept, 2016 (Amsterdam)
- This design research represents and visualizes new upcoming interactive hybrids (product-service systems), the principles of (user) experience values are taught in the design of product-service systems (IPO) in 1ste year master.
- The prototype, the customer journey and photo novel been exposed at Buzzkruit and video-recorded by Stad Antwerpen.
- The bird, bird cage and Near Field Communication (NFC) tokens.
- Visitors' and curator feedback at the exhibition Buzzkruit.
- The Dept. of Conservation and Restauration (FOW) showed interest to connect libraries for cultural heritage for the service part of the concept GrandC.
- Presented at the International Conference on Design & Emotion, Jonathan Chapman's session: 'EXPERIENCE OF TIME'