Worth and human values at the centre of designing situated digital public displays

Abstract

The development and design of computational artefacts and their current widespread use in diverse contexts needs to take into account end-users needs, likes/dislikes and broader societal issues including human values. However, the fast pace of technological developments highlight that the process of defining the computational artefacts not only needs to understand the user but also engineers and designers’ creativity. Considering these issues, we have been exploring the adoption of the Worth- Centred Design framework, proposed by Gilbert Cockton, to guide our development efforts regarding situated digital public displays. We will present our insights as a design team regarding the use of the WCD framework for the on-going development of situated digital public displays. Furthermore, we will discuss our current efforts to extend the adoption of the framework. Finally, future steps are presented, and will focus on enriching our understanding concerning potential places for situated digital displays, stakeholders’ views, encouraging open participation and co-creation.