Material & Experiential Foundations

Our epistemological interest is to enhance knowledge about experiential and material use and design practices that include interactions with interactive artifacts by reflecting on the status quo and envisioning future states. Both theoretical and design work characterize our research.

Main Research Topics

Materials and Materiality
Experience and User Experience (UX)
Humans in their interplay with artifacts / materials, e.g., UX, materiality, (emerging) practices, as well as relations between Materiality & UX

Our theoretical work is based on empirical data of specific application areas. On one hand, we address use in various contexts, such as fabrication and human-work interaction design (HWID). On the other hand, we focus on design by researching actual design processes (e.g., Research through Design).

With our work, we aim to provide theoretical and methodological framings, vocabularies, structures, approaches, and implications to inform research. Thus, we focus on basic research in the area of HCI (literally) and IxD (addressing users and/or designers).

Contact: Verena Fuchsberger

Automotive Retail Lab

University of Salzburg enters into research cooperation with Porsche Holding Salzburg Designing a unique customer experience The automotive industry goes through changes. The consumer behaviour is constantly changing due to new digital opportunities. In this project, an interdisciplinary researcher team, led by Prof. Dr. Manfred Tscheligi, from the Center for Human-Computer Interaction and from the Department Chemistry […]

Selected Publications

I. Aslan, T. Meneweger, V. Fuchsberger, and M. Tscheligi, "Sharing Touch Interfaces: Proximity-Sensitive Touch Targets for Tablet-Mediated Collaboration," in ICMI '15: Proceedings of the 2015 ACM on International Conference on Multimodal Interaction, 2015, pp. 279-286.
[Bibtex]

@InProceedings{Aslan_etal2015,
author="Aslan, Ilhan
and Meneweger, Thomas
and Fuchsberger, Verena
and Tscheligi, Manfred",
title="Sharing Touch Interfaces: Proximity-Sensitive Touch Targets for Tablet-Mediated Collaboration",
booktitle="ICMI {'}15: Proceedings of the 2015 ACM on International Conference on Multimodal Interaction",
year="2015",
pages="279--286",
doi="10.1145/2818346.2820740"
}

D. Wurhofer, V. Fuchsberger, T. Meneweger, C. Moser, and M. Tscheligi, "Insights from UX Research in the Factory: What to Consider in Interaction Design," in Proceedings of Human Work Interaction Design, 2015.
[Bibtex]

@InProceedings{Wurhofer_etal2015,
author="Wurhofer, Daniela
and Fuchsberger, Verena
and Meneweger, Thomas
and Moser, Christiane
and Tscheligi, Manfred",
title="Insights from UX Research in the Factory: What to Consider in Interaction Design",
booktitle="Proceedings of Human Work Interaction Design",
year="2015",
doi="10.1007/978-3-319-27048-7_3"
}

D. Wurhofer, T. Meneweger, V. Fuchsberger, and M. Tscheligi, "Deploying Robots in a Production Environment: A Study on Temporal Transitions of Workers' Experiences," in Proceedings of INTERACT 2015, 2015, pp. 203-220.
[Bibtex]

@InProceedings{Wurhofer_etal2015_2,
author="Wurhofer, Daniela
and Meneweger, Thomas
and Fuchsberger, Verena
and Tscheligi, Manfred",
title="Deploying Robots in a Production Environment: A Study on Temporal Transitions of Workers{'} Experiences",
booktitle="Proceedings of INTERACT 2015",
year="2015",
pages="203--220",
isbn="978-3-319-22697-2",
doi="10.1007/978-3-319-22698-9_14",
opturl="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22698-9_14"
}

T. Meneweger, D. Wurhofer, V. Fuchsberger, and M. Tscheligi, "Working Together with Industrial Robots: Experiencing Robots in a Production Environment," in Proceedings of the 24th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN), 2015, pp. 833-838.
[Bibtex]

@InProceedings{Meneweger_etal2015_2,
author="Meneweger, Thomas
and Wurhofer, Daniela
and Fuchsberger, Verena
and Tscheligi, Manfred",
title="Working Together with Industrial Robots: Experiencing Robots in a Production Environment",
booktitle="Proceedings of the 24th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN)",
year="2015",
pages="833--838",
doi="10.1109/ROMAN.2015.7333641"
}

D. Wurhofer, "Temporal Transitions of User Experience," in Adjunct Proceedings of Interact 2015, 2015, pp. 21-25.
[Bibtex]

@InProceedings{Wurhofer2015,
author="Wurhofer, Daniela",
title="Temporal Transitions of User Experience",
booktitle="Adjunct Proceedings of Interact 2015",
year="2015",
pages="21--25"
}

T. Meneweger, M. Obrist, and M. Tscheligi, "Meanings of a Blurred Mobile-Home Context for People aged 50plus," in INTERACT 2015 Adjunct Proceedings: 15th IFIP TC. 13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, 2015, pp. 335-341.
[Bibtex]

@InProceedings{Meneweger_etal2015,
author="Meneweger, Thomas
and Obrist, Marianna
and Tscheligi, Manfred",
title="Meanings of a Blurred Mobile-Home Context for People aged 50plus",
booktitle="INTERACT 2015 Adjunct Proceedings: 15th IFIP TC. 13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction",
year="2015",
pages="335--341"
}

V. Fuchsberger, M. Murer, and M. Tscheligi, "Time and Design: Seven Sensitivities," in Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction, 2015, pp. 581-586.
[Bibtex]

@InProceedings{Fuchsberger_etal2015,
author="Fuchsberger, Verena
and Murer, Martin
and Tscheligi, Manfred",
title="Time and Design: Seven Sensitivities",
booktitle="Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction",
year="2015",
pages="581--586",
doi="10.1145/2677199.2687911",
opturl="http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/2677199.2687911"
}

V. Fuchsberger, M. Murer, M. Tscheligi, S. Lindtner, A. Reiter, S. Bardzell, J. Bardzell, and P. Bjørn, "Workshop: The Future of Making: Where Industrial and Personal Fabrication Meet," in Critical Alternatives 2015, 2015.
[Bibtex]

@InProceedings{Fuchsberger_etal2015_2,
author="Fuchsberger, Verena
and Murer, Martin
and Tscheligi, Manfred
and Lindtner, Silvia
and Reiter, Andreas
and Bardzell, Shaowen
and Bardzell, Jeffrey
and Bj{\o}rn, Pernille",
title="Workshop: The Future of Making: Where Industrial and Personal Fabrication Meet",
booktitle="Critical Alternatives 2015",
year="2015",
doi="10.7146/aahcc.v1i1.21394"
}

T. Meneweger, D. Wurhofer, M. Obrist, E. Beck, and M. Tscheligi, "Characteristics of Narrative Textual Data Linked to User Experiences," in CHI '14 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2014, pp. 2605-2610.
[Bibtex]

@InProceedings{Meneweger_etal2014,
author="Meneweger, Thomas
and Wurhofer, Daniela
and Obrist, Marianna
and Beck, Elke
and Tscheligi, Manfred",
title="Characteristics of Narrative Textual Data Linked to User Experiences",
booktitle="CHI {'}14 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems",
year="2014",
pages="2605--2610",
opturl="http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/2559206.2581361"
}

V. Fuchsberger, M. Murer, T. Meneweger, and M. Tscheligi, "Capturing the In-Between of Interactive Artifacts and Users: A Materiality-Centered Approach," in NordiCHI '14: The 8th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction Proceedings, 2014, pp. 451-460.
[Bibtex]

@InProceedings{Fuchsberger_etal2014,
author="Fuchsberger, Verena
and Murer, Martin
and Meneweger, Thomas
and Tscheligi, Manfred",
title="Capturing the In-Between of Interactive Artifacts and Users: A Materiality-Centered Approach",
booktitle="NordiCHI {'}14: The 8th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction Proceedings",
year="2014",
pages="451--460",
doi="10.1145/2639189.2639219",
opturl="http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/2639189.2639219"
}

V. Fuchsberger, M. Murer, D. Wurhofer, T. Meneweger, K. Neureiter, A. Meschtscherjakov, and M. Tscheligi, "The Multiple Layers of Materiality," in Proceedings of the 2014 Companion Publication on Designing Interactive Systems, 2014, pp. 73-76.
[Bibtex]

@InProceedings{Fuchsberger_etal2014_2,
author="Fuchsberger, Verena
and Murer, Martin
and Wurhofer, Daniela
and Meneweger, Thomas
and Neureiter, Katja
and Meschtscherjakov, Alexander
and Tscheligi, Manfred",
title="The Multiple Layers of Materiality",
booktitle="Proceedings of the 2014 Companion Publication on Designing Interactive Systems",
year="2014",
pages="73--76",
doi="10.1145/2598784.2602785",
opturl="http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/2598784.2602785"
}

R. Buchner, D. Wurhofer, A. Weiss, and M. Tscheligi, "Robots in Time: How User Experience in Human-Robot Interaction Changes over Time," in ICSR International Conference on Social Robotics, 2013.
[Bibtex]

@InProceedings{Buchner_etal2013,
author="Buchner, Roland
and Wurhofer, Daniela
and Weiss, Astrid
and Tscheligi, Manfred",
title="Robots in Time: How User Experience in Human-Robot Interaction Changes over Time",
booktitle="ICSR International Conference on Social Robotics",
year="2013"
}

Material & Experiential Foundations

Main Research Topics

Research by

Verena Fuchsberger

Team Lead

Daniela Wurhofer

Researcher

Martin Murer

Researcher

Thomas Meneweger

Researcher

Florian Rätzer

Researcher

News

Automotive Retail Lab

Research Activities

Human-Centered Automation

Articulating Interaction Design (Research)

The Materiality of Interactions

Technology Non-Use

Experience-focused interview techniques

Temporal Transitions of User Experience

De-Constructive Interaction Design

Contextual Touchscreen Interaction

Selected Publications