Co-designing Magic Machines for Everyday Mindfulness with Practitioners
Conference on Designing Interactive Systems July 10, 2023 Jingjin Li, Nayeon Kwon, Huong Pham et al.
Thirty mindfulness practitioners with varying levels of experience participated in nine magic machine workshops to explore and reflect on their personal everyday mindfulness activities. They generated designs that support daily practice, resulting in six categories: everyday objects, physical spaces, wearables, metaphorical art, companions, and toys. The practitioners' thought processes emphasized eliciting and regulating emotion and associating mindfulness with routine daily activities. The findings suggest that individualized mindfulness products and co-design magic machine workshops can help explore practical design spaces for supporting everyday mindfulness beyond formal meditation training.