Mark Blythe (2005). "Making by making strange: defamiliarization and the design of domestic technologies”

This text is about the concept of defamiliarization in the design of everyday technologies with a focus on kitchen / household. By making technologies strange, they can be more thoughtful and creative to use.

Because the kitchen is a place with a focus on the ease of use, products in this field don’t really innovate in a creative way. The focus is to use a new approach so the users also use the technology in new ways.

As example this can be realized by using special materials, new interactions or ambiguity functions. Designing in this more playful way has a big potential because it will also lead the users to explore more, leading to more creative and broad uses of the products.