The concept of tinkering is a central practice within research in the field of Human Computer Interaction, dealing with new interactive forms and technologies. In this thesis, tinkering is discussed not only as a practice for interaction design in general, but as an attitude that calls for a deeper reflection over research practices, knowledge generation and the recent movements in the direction of materials and materiality within the field. The presented research exemplifies practices and studies in relation to interactive technology through a number of projects, all revolving around the design and interaction with physical interactive artifacts. In particular, nearly all projects are focused around robotic artifacts for consumer settings. Three main contributions are presented in terms of studies, prototypes and concepts, together with a conceptual discussion around tinkering framed as an attitude within interaction design. The results from this research revolve around how grounding is achieved, partly through studies of existing interaction and partly through how tinkering-oriented activities generates knowledge in relation to design concepts, built prototypes and real world interaction. / <p>QC 20131203</p>

Genom sin forskning har Innventia lyckats uppfinna ett mekano-aktivt (rörligt) papper. Syftet med mitt arbete var att göra en studie av konsumentfördelarna med mekano-aktiva förpackningar, vilket skulle leda till framtagning av koncept eller prototyper baserade på konsumentfördelarna. Studien är utförd åt Innventia, för att bistå dem i deras fortsatta arbete med att ta fram mekano-aktiva förpackningar baserade på verkliga konsumentbehov.Studien genomfördes med hjälp av att tre fokusgrupper svarade på en enkät och deltog i workshops. Fokusgrupperna var indelade i följande kategorier: ungdomar, äldre med nedsatt rörelseförmåga samt småbarnsföräldrar, varje fokusgrupp bestod av sex deltagare.Resultatet visade att 89 % av deltagarna uppgav att de någon gång upplevde sig ha svårigheter att hantera förpackningar. Samtliga deltagare tror att dagens förpackningar kan förbättras med mekano-aktiva förpackningar. Deltagarna i studien hade en väldigt positiv inställning till mekano-aktiva förpackningar och resultatet (fick mig att dra slutsatsen) indikerade att det kan finnas (finns) en marknad för mekano-aktiva förpackningslösningar som uppfyller verkliga konsumentbehov. / Through research Innventia has successfully invented a mechano-active (motioned) paper. The purpose of the current work was to do a survey of consumer benefits of mechano-active packages, leading to creation of 1-5 simple concepts and (or) prototypes of mechano-active packages based on consumer benefits. This survey is executed for Innventia in order to help them, in their continuing work with developing mechano-active consumer based packages based on real consumer needs.Using three targeting groups answering a questionnaire and participating in workshops have carried out the survey. The targeting groups were divided into three categories: youth of today, older with reduced mobility and parents with small children; each targeting group contained six participants.The results revealed that 89 % of the participants at sometimes find packages difficult to handle. All of the participants believe that the packages of today can improve with mechano-active packages. The participants in this survey were very open-minded towards the prospect of mechano-active packages and the results (helped me come to the conclusion) indicate that there might be (is) a market for mechano-active packaging solutions that fulfil real consumer needs.