Date & Time:
May 16, 2025 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Location:
Crerar 390, 5730 S. Ellis Ave., Chicago, IL,
05/16/2025 10:00 AM 05/16/2025 11:00 AM America/Chicago Keita Watanabe (Meiji University)- Designing Between Body and Information: Explorations in Interaction Design Crerar 390, 5730 S. Ellis Ave., Chicago, IL,

Abstract: This talk explores how interaction design can bridge the gap between body, environment, and information. I will introduce a series of projects from my lab, including pseudo-haptics through cursor behavior, a sense of self-ownership in graphical space, physicalizing of digital information via 3D printing and IoT, and recent experiments using brain-computer interfaces (BCI). By framing these efforts within the dual trajectories of Digital Transformation (DX) and Physical Transformation (PX), I propose a vision of interaction design as a method for shaping sustainable desire fulfillment in both digital and material contexts.

Speakers

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Keita Watanabe

Associate Professor, Meiji University Tokyo, Japan

Keita Watanabe is a Professor at Meiji University in Tokyo, where he leads the Interaction Design Lab in the Department of Frontier Media Science, School of Interdisciplinary Mathematical Sciences. His research focuses on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), including pseudo-haptics, digital fabrication, interaction evaluation, and brain-computer interfaces. He is currently exploring how interaction design can be positioned as a way to support the sustainable fulfillment of human desire.

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