Exploring wearable music players with focus on subculture and style
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We present our current explorations on mobile interaction design grounded in subcultural expressions in dressing and in music listening practices. Based on a three weeks workshop with university students, we elaborate on our findings in the domain of wearable designs embedded with soft electronics, and future research directions.
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