CfP: Physicality 2009 Int. Workshop - Extended Deadline

*** Submission deadline extended to the 17th July 2009 ***
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Physicality 2009 - towards a less-GUI interface
Third International Workshop on Physicality
in conjunction with HCI 2009 Conference
http://www.physicality.org/physicality2009/
1 September 2009, Cambridge University, UK
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As digital technology invades more and more of the devices and products that surround us, it is increasingly important that interaction designers and product designers are able to make sense of the subtle interactions between physical form and activity and the way these influence and are influenced by digital functionality and interaction. We need to take seriously the physical nature of the devices with which we interact and the nature of our own bodies and brains so we can produce better design.

Despite the dramatic increase in power and functionality in contemporary information appliances, interaction methods continue to be heavily dependent on more and more overloaded small graphical user interfaces. Tiny screens are proliferating on appliances in the home, devices in cars and on the phones, and media players we carry on our bodies. However, an ageing population means that such screens may have increasingly limited utility, and even for those with full sight, staring at a tiny screen is not always optimal whether operating a remote whilst watch TV, or navigating down a busy street.

This multi-disciplinary workshop is the third in its series and we would like to explore "towards a less-GUI interface" as a theme, especially the extent to which effective physical design can reduce the reliance on such screens or obviate them entirely. We welcome position papers that address this theme, but also those covering other areas of physicality including:
* enabling technologies for haptic input and output.
* physicality and fidelity in design;
* design at the physical-digital frontier;
* philosophy of physicality;
* artefact-focussed social interaction;
* physically-inspired interaction in virtual worlds;
* creativity and materiality;
* interactive art and performance

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Important Dates
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Submission Deadline 17 July 2009
Acceptance Notification 31 July 2009
Camera-ready Deadline 17 August 2009

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We invite submissions in the form of a 2-6 page position paper in ACM Format (see web site for more details). We would also like to encourage contributions in other forms (e.g. demonstration, artwork, performance) but please contact us. Submissions and enquiries should be sent to: devina@physicality.org

All submissions will be peer-reviewed and judged on the basis of originality, contribution to the field, technical and presentation quality, and relevance to the workshop. All accepted contributions will be published in the workshop proceedings as either short or long papers. The workshop will include invited talks, short individual presentations and a design session based on the main theme. There will also be a poster session that will allow participants to showcase their work or demonstrations. Previous workshops in the Physicality series have attracted a mixture of designers and technologists, artists and architects, psychologists and philosophers; we expect a similar eclectic and enthusiastic combination of researchers and practitioners from industry and academia for this
event.

The workshop is sponsored by DEPtH: Designing for Physicality research project, an AHRC/EPSRC funded Designing for the 21st century Initiative.

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Organisers
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Dr. Devina Ramduny-Ellis (InfoLab 21, Lancaster University, UK)
Prof. Alan Dix (InfoLab21, Lancaster University, UK)
Dr. Steve Gill (National Centre for Product Design & Development Research, UWIC,UK)
Joanna Hare (National Centre for Product Design & Development Research, UWIC, UK)

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Related Links
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British HCI 2009 conference - http://www.hci2009.org
Physicality web site - http://www.physicality.org
Physicality 2007 workshop -http://www.physicality.org/physicality2007
Physicality 2006 workshop - http://www.physicality.org/physicality2006
Designing for the 21st century Initiative - http://www.design21.dundee.ac.uk/index.htm

Associated Link: CfP: Physicality 2009

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