Anne Naukkarinen — Digital media design

Helsinki Living Lab -project is coordinated by Art and Design City Helsinki and Forum Virium Helsinki. The objectives of this project are to develop and produce the Living Lab concept in Arabianranta-Kumpula region, to make it available for companies to utilise in their own product development both as service providers and utilisers, to promote the development of research methods for universities and to promote Arabianranta-Kumpula region as one of the key areas in both Helsinki Living Lab and European Network of Living Labs. Nearly 20 actors representing companies, research units, developers and consultants are involved in the project.

The aim of this online annotation tool is to inspire the participants of "Collaborative Mapping of Everyday Practices" -exercise to write and discuss about their digital everyday practices. The image on the left is designed as a background for the questions and comments. By clicking an area in the image users can comment a topic or add a new one. This tool is converted for it's purpose from an already existing geographical mapping tool.

As an outcome of the "Collaborative Mapping of Everyday practices" -exercise, we wrote five portraits of the participants, describing their practices around sharing, archiving and back-upping their digital life. The cards aim at functioning as a design aid for future development of various digital applications and products.

A set of ten cards focusing on access and access management to be used for organizing and facilitating group discussions around the theme. The purpose of these discussions is to sensitize the participants to the issue, and to gather personal stories about access and access management for research.