Designing for creative engagement

Abstract This paper addresses the problem of understanding creative engagement with interactive systems. A model of engagement is proposed which represents modalities and phases of interactive experiences. The model was derived from empirical studies of audience interaction with art systems. The aim is to provide a means of facilitating communication between participants in the interaction design process. The intention is to help improve collaboration between participants through examining, understanding and agreeing on the set of concepts and modalities on interactive experience. The ongoing research involves refining and developing the model into a more general-purpose instrument.