TOWEAR2022: Toolkits & Wearables: Developing Toolkits for Exploring Wearable Designs New Orleans, LA, United States, May 6, 2022 |
Conference website | http://techfashion.design/wearable-toolkits |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=towear2022 |
CHI'22 Workshop on Toolkits & Wearables: Developing Toolkits for Exploring Wearable Designs
-- THE CALL --
Designing wearables is a complex task that includes many layers, such as wearability, interactivity, functionality, social and cultural considerations. For decades now, toolkits are proposed to aid users in the design of smart accessories and garments. However, the task of designing toolkits for wearables has not received a comprehensive discussion and systematic reflection.
This one-day workshop gathers researchers and practitioners, who are experienced with the design, use and evaluation of wearable toolkits. It aims to provide a venue to discuss specific challenges, opportunities, and lessons learned around developing and evaluating toolkits for wearables. What are the challenges while designing toolkits for particular audiences (i.e., designers, engineers, makers)? In what ways do the toolkits help individuals in design processes? How do toolkits impact the outcoming designs? How should we evaluate them?
We invite candidates to submit a 500-word abstract and a complementing poster. The submission should highlight the toolkits, their audiences and purposes in design process, and share reflections on using and/or evaluating the toolkits for designing wearables. The poster and the abstract should be compiled in one PDF and submitted through Easy Chair. They will be reviewed based on the relevance to the workshop theme and potential for contributing to discussions. The accepted submissions will be available online through the workshop website(http://techfashion.design/wearable-toolkits).
The workshop will be conducted in a hybrid format (both in-person and virtual). At least one author of each accepted submission must attend the workshop and all participants must register for both the workshop and for at least one day of the conference.
-- THEMES --
The audience of wearable toolkits
Purposes of wearable toolkits
Toolkits' impact on wearable designs
Deployment and evaluation
-- IMPORTANT DATES --
Submission Deadline: March 9, 2022
Notification:March 14, 2022
Camera-ready version:March 17, 2022
Workshop:TBA
-- ORGANIZING TEAM --
ÇAĞLAR GENÇ, University of Lapland, Finland
OĞUZ ’OZ’ BURUK, Tampere University, Finland
SHIVA JABARI, Tampere University, Finland
LEE JONES, Carleton University, Canada
KIRILL RAGOZIN, Keio University, Japan
KATE HARTMAN, OCAD University, Canada
JOHANNA VIRKKI, Tampere University, Finland
KAI KUNZE, Keio University, Japan
OSKAR JUHLIN, Stockholm University, Sweden
JONNA HÄKKILÄ, University of Lapland, Finland
-- CONTACT --
Do not hesitate to contact us via email (caglar.genc[at]ulapland.fi) for any questions or further information. We are looking forward to receiving your submission!