I Like This Shirt

Quick Info

Project Date Jan. 1, 2014 - April 25, 2015
PIs: Jon E. Froehlich (PI)
Keywords: e-textiles, tangible social interaction, social fabric, social objects

About

"I Like This Shirt!"

Physically touching the shirt triggers a 'like', which is immediately displayed via e-textiles and registered on the Internet

Over the past decade, technologies that mediate and support human-to-human interactions (e.g., social networks) have become integral tools for a range of lightweight social interactions. With a single click to ‘favorite’ or ‘like’, social media users can demonstrate their interest in a specific person, event, or piece of content. In our research, we are exploring the translation of these lightweight social interactions into the physical world as design provocations. In this paper, we introduce one example called “I Like This Shirt”, a tangible manifestation of the ubiquitous Like button embedded in an interactive t-shirt. The shirt responds to physical touches, which indicate “likes” and tracks and visualizes the “like count” in real-time on the shirt itself.

Publications

"I Like This Shirt": Exploring the Translation of Social Mechanisms in the Virtual World into Physical Experiences

Ladan Najafizadeh, Seokbin Kang, Jon E. Froehlich

CHI '15 Extended Abstracts

keywords: wearables, e-textiles, tangible social interaction, social fabric, social objects

PDF | Citation | I Like This Shirt

Talks

A Rapid Tour of My Explorations in E-Textiles

Oct. 9, 2018 | HCDE539: Physical Computing and Prototyping Guest Lecture

University of Washington, Seattle

Jon E. Froehlich

PDF | PPTX | MakerWear | I Like This Shirt | Social Fabric Fitness | BodyVis

Photo Gallery

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Ladan and Victor walking across campus with "I Like This Shirt"

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Someone liking the shirt

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Someone liking the shirt

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"I Like This Shirt" display

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"I Like This Shirt" display

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"I Like This Shirt" display

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Back of the flexible display

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Ladan and Jon at CHI2015 Poster Fair

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James Landay and Ladan with "I Like This Shirt"

Tawanna and Jon with "I Like This Shirt" at CHI2015

Tawanna and Jon with "I Like This Shirt" at CHI2015

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Jon and Ladan with CHI2015 chairs Allison and Jofish

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Ladan with InfoVis rockstars at CHI2015

Project Members

Jon E. Froehlich

Jan 2014 - Apr 2015

Associate Professor

Computer Science

University of Washington

Ladan Najafizadeh

Jan 2014 - Apr 2015

MS Student

Computer Science

University of Maryland

I Like This Shirt | Project Sidewalk

Seokbin Kang

Aug 2014 - Apr 2015

PhD Student

Computer Science

University of Maryland

BodyVis | I Like This Shirt

We design, build, and evaluate interactive tools and techniques to address pressing societal challenges in accessibility, sustainability, education, and beyond.