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Experiencing the Future Mundane: Configuring Design Fiction as Breaching Experiment

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Experiencing the Future Mundane: Configuring Design Fiction as Breaching Experiment. / Crabtree, Andy; Lodge, Tom; Sailaja, Neelima et al.
In: Human-Computer Interaction, 12.03.2025.

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Crabtree, A, Lodge, T, Sailaja, N, Chamberlain, A, Coulton, P, Pilling, M & Forrester, I 2025, 'Experiencing the Future Mundane: Configuring Design Fiction as Breaching Experiment', Human-Computer Interaction. https://doi.org/10.1080/07370024.2025.2454555

APA

Crabtree, A., Lodge, T., Sailaja, N., Chamberlain, A., Coulton, P., Pilling, M., & Forrester, I. (2025). Experiencing the Future Mundane: Configuring Design Fiction as Breaching Experiment. Human-Computer Interaction. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/07370024.2025.2454555

Vancouver

Crabtree A, Lodge T, Sailaja N, Chamberlain A, Coulton P, Pilling M et al. Experiencing the Future Mundane: Configuring Design Fiction as Breaching Experiment. Human-Computer Interaction. 2025 Mar 12. Epub 2025 Mar 12. doi: 10.1080/07370024.2025.2454555

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Crabtree, Andy ; Lodge, Tom ; Sailaja, Neelima et al. / Experiencing the Future Mundane : Configuring Design Fiction as Breaching Experiment. In: Human-Computer Interaction. 2025.

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