Planting and Tending Digital-Nature Hybrids in a Walled Kitchen Garden

This paper presents various digital-nature artifacts designed to support visitor engagement in a National Trust garden environment. While selected critical theory guided the initial design of interpretation artifacts, we discuss how a research through design approach (RtD) and our attendance at the...

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Published inDesign issues Vol. 33; no. 3; pp. 65 - 78
Main Authors Edwards, Elizabeth, Coulton, Paul, Darby, Andy, Chiasson, Mike
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published One Rogers Street, Cambridge, MA 02142-1209, USA MIT Press 01.07.2017
MIT Press Journals, The
Subjects
Design
digital interpretation
Digital technology
digital-nature artifacts
Gardens & gardening
Historic artifacts
Kitchens
Materials
Nature
public gardens
Research through Design
value-led design
Values
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Summary:This paper presents various digital-nature artifacts designed to support visitor engagement in a National Trust garden environment. While selected critical theory guided the initial design of interpretation artifacts, we discuss how a research through design approach (RtD) and our attendance at the Research through Design (RTD) 2015 conference informed our subsequent design practice, notably in relation to iterations of the artifacts. In particular, we reflect on how each design iteration within the RtD process revealed knowledge about materials, values, engagement and place.
Bibliography:Summer, 2017
ISSN:0747-9360
1531-4790
DOI:10.1162/DESI_a_00452