Abstract
As people return to offices post pandemic, they trudge through familiar daily hassles of long commute. Music moves people. Wearable music devices like head-phones that people carry act as a mediator that allows them (listeners) to be ‘tuning-in’ to music to ‘tune out’. When engaged, people physicalize movement- tapping their feet, playing “air-piano” or imagining gestures. This paper explores the theme of Recovering in Design for Wellbeing and Happiness through the in-terplay between people, music and portable music devices including head-phones and haptics. Thematic analyses of observations and semi-structured inter-views reveal listeners’ lived experience (Presence) and wellbeing (Flow) in rela-tion to the devices used. Using timeline-based visualisations, we aggregated trends of listener’s Presence and Flow to interrogate findings. Findings suggests underlying variables inherent in the designs that enhance Presence and Flow for people ‘tuning-in’ to music to ‘tune-out’ from stresses during long commute.
Keywords
tuning-in; tune out; presence; flow
DOI
https://doi.org/10.21606/drs.2024.709
Citation
Quan Choo, J., Chamorro-Koc, M., Gomez, R., and Broughton, M. (2024) 'Tuning-in' To 'tune out': mediating engagement experiences with music on-the-go, in Gray, C., Ciliotta Chehade, E., Hekkert, P., Forlano, L., Ciuccarelli, P., Lloyd, P. (eds.), DRS2024: Boston, 23–28 June, Boston, USA. https://doi.org/10.21606/drs.2024.709
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'Tuning-in' To 'tune out': mediating engagement experiences with music on-the-go
As people return to offices post pandemic, they trudge through familiar daily hassles of long commute. Music moves people. Wearable music devices like head-phones that people carry act as a mediator that allows them (listeners) to be ‘tuning-in’ to music to ‘tune out’. When engaged, people physicalize movement- tapping their feet, playing “air-piano” or imagining gestures. This paper explores the theme of Recovering in Design for Wellbeing and Happiness through the in-terplay between people, music and portable music devices including head-phones and haptics. Thematic analyses of observations and semi-structured inter-views reveal listeners’ lived experience (Presence) and wellbeing (Flow) in rela-tion to the devices used. Using timeline-based visualisations, we aggregated trends of listener’s Presence and Flow to interrogate findings. Findings suggests underlying variables inherent in the designs that enhance Presence and Flow for people ‘tuning-in’ to music to ‘tune-out’ from stresses during long commute.