UNLOOP Symposium On Interaction and Computational Media Design
Friday 26 June 2026
Starts 10:00 AM
Finishes 18:00 PM
Organized by i2ADS / Faculty of Fine Arts University of Porto
Venue: Faculdade de Belas Artes da Universidade do Porto
Address: 265 Avenida de Rodrigues de Freitas
4049–021 Porto
About this event
Unloop symposium explores the friction, inconvenience, and playfulness in the interaction with computational media as inducers of meaning.
Unloop symposium explores the friction, inconvenience, and playfulness in the interaction with computational media as inducers of meaning, reflectiveness and higher-order thinking.
Unloop aims to question the dominant paradigms of Human-Centred Design, that centre on flow and user satisfaction and that, despite having been contributing to the production of usable artefacts, have also been leading users into hedonistic loops that reinforce automatic, familiar, and repetitive behaviours.
Unloop takes place in the context of the Break the Loop research project, explores how friction, inconvenience, and other playful strategies can be used to promote meaning-making and reflectiveness in users, and to develop tools for designers and other stakeholders to access this knowledge.
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