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  1. The Minority Report Fallacy: Celebrating Gestures While Forgetting Futures

    Article • interactions, April 2026, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Marc Hassenzahl

  2. WorkAI: A Toolkit for the Design of AI-driven Future of Work

    Article • Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, October 2025, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Marc Hassenzahl

  3. Mediating Human-Nature Relations Through Technology. A Scoping Review of Post-Anthropocentric Artifacts and Their Design Strategies

    Article • ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction, June 2025, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Marc Hassenzahl

  4. Fostering people's autonomy by foregrounding and questioning daily choices

    Article • October 2024, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Marc Hassenzahl, Dorothee Clasen

  5. Navigating the Paradox: Challenges of Designing Technology for Nonhumans

    Article • October 2024, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Marc Hassenzahl

  6. In a Quasi-Social Relationship With ChatGPT. An Autoethnography on Engaging With Prompt-Engineered LLM Personas

    Article • October 2024, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Marc Hassenzahl

  7. Embodied Mediation in Group Ideation – A Gestural Robot Can Facilitate Consensus-Building

    Article • July 2024, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Marc Hassenzahl

  8. Virtual Unreality: Augmentation-Oriented Ideation Through Design Cards

    Article • May 2024, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Marc Hassenzahl

  9. Let’s Talk About Death: Existential Conversations with Chatbots

    Article • May 2024, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Marc Hassenzahl

  10. Giggling in the Shower: Humor Increases the Acceptance of Technology-mediated Behavioral Interventions.

    Article • May 2024, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Lara Christoforakos, Marc Hassenzahl

  11. Post-growth HCI: Co-Envisioning HCI Beyond Economic Growth

    Article • May 2024, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Asra Sakeen Wani, Marc Hassenzahl

  12. There is an “I” in “We”: Relatedness Technologies Viewed Through the Lens of the Need for Autonomy

    Article • May 2024, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Marc Hassenzahl, Christiane Wenhart

  13. The Soul of Work: Evaluation of Job Meaningfulness and Accountability in Human-AI Collaboration

    Article • Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, April 2024, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Marc Hassenzahl

  14. DisClose: Negative Body-Related Self-Disclosure to Mediate Intimacy over Distance

    Article • December 2023, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Marc Hassenzahl

  15. Beyond Hiding and Revealing: Exploring Effects of Visibility and Form of Interaction on the Witness Experience

    Article • Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, September 2023, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Marc Hassenzahl

  16. Design Fiction in a Corporate Setting – a Case Study

    Article • July 2023, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Marc Hassenzahl

  17. Designing for Integration: Promoting Self-Congruence to Sustain Behavior Change

    Article • July 2023, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Marc Hassenzahl

  18. Sustainability by Design. How to Encourage Users to Choose Energy-Saving Programs and Settings when Washing Laundry

    Article • April 2023, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Lara Christoforakos, Marc Hassenzahl

  19. The Intricacies of Social Robots: Secondary Analysis of Fictional Documentaries to Explore the Benefits and Challenges of Robots in Complex Social Settings

    Article • April 2023, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Marc Hassenzahl

  20. Dying, Death, and the Afterlife in Human-Computer Interaction. A Scoping Review.

    Article • April 2023, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Marc Hassenzahl

  21. Moral Agents for Sustainable Transitions: Ethics, Politics, Design

    Article • April 2023, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Marc Hassenzahl, Amy Bucher

  22. Experiential Benefits of Interactive Conflict Negotiation Practices in Computer-Supported Shift Planning

    Article • November 2022, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Marc Hassenzahl

  23. Obtrusive Subtleness and Why We Should Focus on Meaning, not Form, in Social Acceptability Studies

    Article • November 2022, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Marc Hassenzahl

  24. European Union's Green Smart Directive or How Resource-Conscious Smart Systems Saved the World

    Article • October 2022, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Marc Hassenzahl, shadan sadeghian

  25. It Can Be More Than Just a Subservient Assistant. Distinct Roles for the Design of Intelligent Personal Assistants

    Article • October 2022, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Marc Hassenzahl

  26. Meaningful Telerobots in Informal Care

    Article • October 2022, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Marc Hassenzahl

  27. Designing Sustainable Mobility: Understanding Users’ Behavior

    Article • September 2022, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Marc Hassenzahl

  28. More-than-human Concepts, Methodologies, and Practices in HCI

    Article • April 2022, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    aykut coskun, Marc Hassenzahl, Ron Wakkary

  29. The ”Artificial” Colleague: Evaluation of Work Satisfaction in Collaboration with Non-human Coworkers

    Article • March 2022, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Marc Hassenzahl

  30. Interactive Tables for Social Experiences at Home

    Article • February 2022, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Marc Hassenzahl

  31. Kiro

    Article • Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, January 2022, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Marc Hassenzahl

  32. From Limitations to “Superpowers”: A Design Approach to Better Focus on the Possibilities of Virtual Reality to Augment Human Capabilities

    Article • June 2021, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Marc Hassenzahl

  33. Trash It, Punch It, Burn It – Using Virtual Reality to Support Coping with Negative Thoughts

    Article • May 2021, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Marc Hassenzahl, Holger Klapperich

  34. Towards a Better Understanding of Social Acceptability

    Article • May 2021, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Marc Hassenzahl

  35. Design and Appropriation of Computer-supported Self-scheduling Practices in Healthcare Shift Work

    Article • Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, April 2021, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Marc Hassenzahl

  36. Otherware

    Article • interactions, December 2020, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Marc Hassenzahl, Prof. Susanne CJ Boll

  37. Otherware needs Otherness: Understanding and Designing Artificial Counterparts

    Article • October 2020, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Prof. Susanne CJ Boll, Marc Hassenzahl

  38. An Exploration of Prosocial Aspects of Communication Cues between Automated Vehicles and Pedestrians

    Article • September 2020, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Marc Hassenzahl

  39. The Osteoarthritis-Journey

    Article • July 2020, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Marc Hassenzahl

  40. Improvising with Machines - Designing Artistic Non-Human Actors

    Article • April 2020, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Marc Hassenzahl

  41. Hybridity as Design Strategy for Service Robots to Become Domestic Products

    Article • April 2020, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Marc Hassenzahl

  42. Finding the Inner Clock: A Chronobiology-based Calendar

    Article • April 2020, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Marc Hassenzahl

  43. From Intentions to Successful Action: Supporting the Creation and Realization of Implementation Intentions

    Article • April 2020, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Marc Hassenzahl

  44. Fairness and Decision-making in Collaborative Shift Scheduling Systems

    Article • April 2020, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Marc Hassenzahl

  45. Becoming a Robot - Overcoming Anthropomorphism with Techno-Mimesis

    Article • April 2020, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Marc Hassenzahl

  46. Exploring Human-Robot Interaction with the Elderly

    Article • April 2020, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Felix Carros, Marc Hassenzahl

  47. Meaningful Technology at Work - A Reflective Design Case of Improving Radiologists' Wellbeing Through Medical Technology

    Article • April 2020, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Marc Hassenzahl

  48. Designing Ritual Artifacts for Technology-Mediated Relationship Transitions

    Article • February 2020, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Marc Hassenzahl

  49. A Sample of One

    Article • June 2019, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Marc Hassenzahl

  50. Changing Perspective

    Article • May 2019, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Marc Hassenzahl

  51. The positive practice canvas

    Article • September 2018, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Holger Klapperich, Marc Hassenzahl

  52. Activity Tracking in vivo

    Article • April 2018, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Marc Hassenzahl

  53. On the stories activity trackers tell

    Article • September 2016, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Marc Hassenzahl

  54. Exploring the design space of glanceable feedback for physical activity trackers

    Article • September 2016, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Marc Hassenzahl

  55. User Experience in the Work Domain: A Longitudinal Field Study

    Article • Interacting with Computers, July 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Marc Hassenzahl

  56. Hotzenplotz

    Article • January 2016, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Marc Hassenzahl

  57. Better Than Human: About the Psychological Superpowers of Robots

    Article • January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Marc Hassenzahl

  58. How do we engage with activity trackers?

    Article • January 2015, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Marc Hassenzahl

  59. Aesthetics of interaction

    Article • October 2014, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Marc Hassenzahl

  60. Convenient, clean, and efficient?

    Article • October 2014, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Marc Hassenzahl

  61. Keymoment

    Article • October 2014, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Marc Hassenzahl

  62. The remediation of nosferatu

    Article • June 2014, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Ann Morrison, Marc Hassenzahl

  63. The 'hedonic' in human-computer interaction

    Article • June 2014, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Marc Hassenzahl

  64. An interaction vocabulary. describing the how of interaction.

    Article • April 2013, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Marc Hassenzahl

  65. Experiences before things

    Article • January 2013, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Marc Hassenzahl

  66. All You Need is Love

    Article • ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction, December 2012, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Marc Hassenzahl

  67. Everything can be beautiful

    Article • interactions, July 2012, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Marc Hassenzahl

  68. Theories, methods and case studies of longitudinal HCI research

    Article • May 2012, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Marc Hassenzahl

  69. Towards Happiness: Possibility-Driven Design

    Article • January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Marc Hassenzahl

  70. Clique Trip

    Article • January 2012, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Marc Hassenzahl

  71. Mo.shared music, shared moment

    Article • January 2012, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Marc Hassenzahl

  72. A human-centered approach to robot gesture based communication within collaborative working processes

    Article • September 2011, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Marc Hassenzahl

  73. The Inference of Perceived Usability From Beauty

    Article • Human-Computer Interaction, July 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Marc Hassenzahl

  74. linked.

    Article • January 2010, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Marc Hassenzahl

  75. The impact of concept (re)presentation on users' evaluation and perception

    Article • January 2010, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Marc Hassenzahl

  76. DESIGNi

    Article • January 2010, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Marc Hassenzahl

  77. Now with Added Experience?

    Article • New Review of Hypermedia and Multimedia, August 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Marc Hassenzahl

  78. AESTHETICS IN INTERACTIVE PRODUCTS: CORRELATES AND CONSEQUENCES OF BEAUTY

    Article • January 2008, Elsevier

    Marc Hassenzahl

  79. Stay on the Ball! An Interaction Pattern Approach to the Engineering of Motivation

    Article • January 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Marc Hassenzahl

  80. User experience - a research agenda

    Article • Behaviour and Information Technology, March 2006, Taylor & Francis

    Marc Hassenzahl

  81. Beautiful Objects as an Extension of the Self: A Reply

    Article • Human-Computer Interaction, December 2004, Taylor & Francis

    Marc Hassenzahl

  82. The Interplay of Beauty, Goodness, and Usability in Interactive Products

    Article • Human-Computer Interaction, December 2004, Taylor & Francis

    Marc Hassenzahl

  83. The Semantics of Fun: Differentiating Enjoyable Eeperiences

    Article • January 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

    Marc Hassenzahl

  84. The Thing and I: Understanding the Relationship Between User and Product

    Article • January 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

    Marc Hassenzahl

  85. Analysis of web sites with the repertory grid technique

    Article • January 2001, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Marc Hassenzahl

  86. Analysis of web sites with the repertory grid technique

    Article • January 2001, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Marc Hassenzahl

  87. Designing a Telephone-Based Interface for a Home Automation System

    Article • International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, December 2000, Taylor & Francis

    Marc Hassenzahl

  88. Capturing Design Space From a User Perspective: The Repertory Grid Technique Revisited

    Article • International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, December 2000, Taylor & Francis

    Marc Hassenzahl

  89. Assessing noise annoyance: an improvement-oriented approach

    Article • Ergonomics, November 2000, Taylor & Francis

    Marc Hassenzahl