During this course we critiqued and developed an adapted version of the Tangible Thinking workshop [1]. These toolkits can be used by people to create physicalizations of their relationships with others and technology. Our toolkit consisted out of household materials that are easily purchasable. Therefore, it can be used by a wider audience. The various components have a variety of material qualities so users can more effectively use them in creating metaphors for their experiences. Making physicalizations of relationships can assist people in reflecting on them. Furthermore, they can serve a purpose in facilitating a discussion during a workshop.

My team and I published the paper called “Material metaphors: method for physicalizing relations and experiences” [2] at the Cumulus conference in Antwerp. We were assisted in writing this paper by Dan Lockton, the creator of the Tangible Thinking workshop, and Panos Markopoulos.