Abstract
The home wardrobe is a complex and variable system, interacted with daily by its user/manager in a time- and resource-constrained decision-making process. Ubiquitous computing technology offers advantages in augmenting the decision-making process, and the potential to simultaneously encourage sustainable behaviors. In this study we present an empirical analysis of the contents of 11 home wardrobes and 3-6 months of daily dressing decisions for 5 users. We find that an average of only 7% of our female participants' wardrobes and 47% of our male participants' wardrobes are in regular use. In addition, we present an analysis of wardrobe contents, outfit composition, and garment utility in the wardrobe.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Title of host publication | UbiComp'12 - Proceedings of the 2012 ACM Conference on Ubiquitous Computing |
| Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery |
| Pages | 203-206 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781450312240 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2012 |
| Event | 14th International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing, UbiComp 2012 - Pittsburgh, PA, United States Duration: Sep 5 2012 → Sep 8 2012 |
Publication series
| Name | UbiComp'12 - Proceedings of the 2012 ACM Conference on Ubiquitous Computing |
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| Volume | 2012-January |
Other
| Other | 14th International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing, UbiComp 2012 |
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| Country/Territory | United States |
| City | Pittsburgh, PA |
| Period | 9/5/12 → 9/8/12 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by the University of Minnesota Interdisciplinary Informatics program. Thanks to Allison Danzl and Misty Karges for their assistance in data collection.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2012 ACM.
Keywords
- domestic technology
- ubiquitous computing
- wardrobe
