Interaction Design for Creating Space to Reconsider Everyday Actions

A Research through Design Proposal Based on Three Practices

Abstract

This paper proposes an interaction design approach that creates space for users to reconsider everyday actions that have become automated through repetition. Through three author-built prototypes ScrollMate, Reflection Switch, and Reconsider Today’s Commute we explore this design orientation as a Research through Design practice. Across the three cases, we identify shared design perspectives: externalized mediators that prompt awareness, space that preserves users’ own judgment, and traces that support later reflection. These findings suggest a non-coercive direction for intervention design in everyday practices.