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Elaine Czech

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Welcome

Nice to meet you.

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My name is Elaine Czech. I am a Design Researcher specializing in designing experiences.

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Designing Experiences Highlights

Applying Technology in a Hybrid-Fashion to Create Dementia-Inclusive Community Spaces

Work in Progress

A cartoon fox next to the image of a smartphone with the "Fo" app home screen loaded

FO: App Design and Stroller Service

Branding and startup service created to help visitors to Tokyo traveling with young children get around the city easily.

Image of four masks designed to look like primate faces

In Between Worlds: Art Exhibition

Mask creation and exhibition space design which explored themes of biological anthropology and Noh theater

A bookshelf

Winner of CHI2019 Student Design Competition

Product and service designed to help build community relations within nursing homes.

Research Process Highlights

Home Health Monitoring Systems

Home Health Monitoring Systems

Home Health Monitoring Systems

QUALITATIVE RESEARCH PROCESS

Internship to examine the onboarding and marketing of a home health monitoring system for older adults

Confer: Conference App

Home Health Monitoring Systems

Home Health Monitoring Systems

DETAILED EXAMPLE OF DESIGN PROCESS 

App designed to match introverted academic mentors/mentees to improve the conference experience.

Noh Experience

Home Health Monitoring Systems

Noh Experience

ARTISTIC RESEARCH PROJECT

An overview of the two years of research spent at the International Noh Institute in Kyoto, Japan. 

Artistic Skills

Art

Design

Design

Various 3D Projects

Design

Design

Design

Sampling of digital works

About Me

My Background

I graduated from the University of Michigan with a BFA in Art & Design and minors in Biological Anthropology and History of Art.  After graduating, I moved to Kyoto, Japan to live for two years as a researcher of Noh Theater and Masks. Briefly came back to the States for a year to relearn English before returning to Japan to pursue a masters in Media Design at Keio University in Tokyo. 

My Experience

In undergraduate, I studied a range of design and craft techniques. I also took full advantage of my University as a research facility and pursued other academic disciplines. 

But in researching Noh, I gained unexpected skills. My initial language limitations allowed me to hone my observation skills and due to its emotional nature, prepared me to become a design researcher.

My Passions

Outside of the design, I am an avid hiker and Zumba enthusiast. I also love animals and initially wanted to become a veterinarian when I entered college.

Awards

2013

ENDANGERED Art & Photography Contest, 3rd Prize in the Photography Section

2013-2015

ITO Foundation Scholarship Recipient

2017-2019

MEXT (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology) Scholarship Recipient [Detroit Consulate General of Japan Nominee]

2019

1st Prize in CHI 2019 Student Design Competition

2020-2024

Fully funded EPSRC PhD studentship from University of Bristol

2021

Bristol PLUS Award and

Awarded Associate Fellow HEA title for meeting UK Professional Standards Framework descriptor 1

Publications

Peer-reviewed

Ewan Soubutts, Elaine Czech, Amid Ayobi, Rachel Eardley, Kirsten Cater, and Aisling Ann O'Kane. 2023. The Shifting Sands of Labour: Changes in Shared Care Work with a Smart Home Health System. In Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '23). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 490, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1145/3544548.3581546


Elaine Czech, Ewan Soubutts, Rachel Eardley, and Aisling Ann O'Kane. 2023. Independence for Whom? A Critical Discourse Analysis of Onboarding a Home Health Monitoring System for Older Adult Care. In Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '23). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 330, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1145/3544548.3580733


Elaine Czech, Paul Marshall, and Oussama Metatla. 2022. “Just like meeting in person” - Examination of interdependencies in dementia-friendly virtual activities. In Proceedings of the 24th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS '22). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 12, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1145/3517428.3544815


Mina Shibasaki, Youichi Kamiyama, Elaine Czech, Koichi Obata, Yusuke Wakamoto, Keisuke Kishi, Takayuki Hasegawa, Shinkuro Tsuchiya, Soichiro Matsuda, and Kouta Minamizawa. 2020. Interest Arousal by Haptic Feedback During a Storytelling for Kindergarten Children. In Haptics: Science, Technology, Applications: 12th International Conference, EuroHaptics 2020, Leiden, The Netherlands, September 6–9, 2020, Proceedings. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, 518–526. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-58147-3_57


Kenichiro Shirota, Makoto Uju, Yurike Chandra, Elaine Czech, Roshan Peiris, and Kouta Minamizawa. 2020. Design of Altered Cognition with Reshaped Bodies. In Proceedings of the Augmented Humans International Conference (AHs '20). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 22, 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1145/3384657.3384773

Reviewed

Elaine Czech. 2023. Applying Technology in a Hybrid-Fashion to Create Dementia-Inclusive Community Spaces. SIGACCESS Access. Comput., 135, Article 1 (January 2023), 1 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3584732.3584733


Elaine Czech, Mina Shibasaki, Keitaro Tsuchiya, Roshan L. Peiris, and Kouta Minamizawa. 2020. Discovering Narratives: Multi-sensory Approach Towards Designing with People with Dementia. In Extended Abstracts of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA '20). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1145/3334480.3375209


Elaine Czech, Mina Shibasaki, Keitaro Tsuchiya, Roshan L. Peiris, and Kouta Minamizawa. 2019. Multi-modal Design to Promote Social Engagement with Dementia Patients. 2019 IEEE World Haptics Conference (WHC),  pp. 43-48.


Elaine Czech, Mina Shibasaki, and Keitaro Tsuchiya. 2019. Haptic Remembrance Book Series. In Extended Abstracts of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA '19). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Paper SDC08, 1–6. https://doi.org/10.1145/3290607.3309685

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  • Product & Service Design
  • Branding & Service Design
  • Masks & Exhibition Design
  • Design Process for Book
  • Design Process for FO
  • Confer App Research
  • Artistic Research on Noh
  • Art
  • Design