As digital technology invades more and more of the devices and products that surround us, it is increasingly important that interaction designers and product designers are able to make sense of the subtle interactions between physical form and activity and the way these influence and are influenced by digital functionality and interaction. We need to take seriously the physical nature of the devices with which we interact and the nature of our own bodies and brains so we can produce better design.

This multi-disciplinary workshop is the third in its series and we would like to explore towards a less-GUI interface as a theme, especially the extent to which effective physical design can reduce the reliance on such screens or obviate them entirely.