Reflections on using the story completion method in designing tangible user interfaces

Daniel Gooch, Arosha K. Bandara, Amel Bennaceur, Emilie Giles, Lydia Harkin, Dmitri S. Katz, Mark Levine, Vikram Mehta, Bashar Nuseibeh, Clifford Stevenson, Avelie Stuart, Catherine V. Talbot, Blaine A. Price

Abstract: Highlights•Explores the potential of using the Story Completion Method (SCM) for designing tangible technologies.•Presents two large questionnaire studies which demonstrate the ability of SCM to generate meaningful design insights.•Drawing on 870 TUI papers, contextualises the method with other commonly used design methods.•Discusses the scale and diversity of participation as advantages of SCM.•Concludes that SCM is particularly suitable to be used in the early stages of the design process.