Capturing family recipes for digital sharing across generations

Lucy Buykx, Helen Petrie, Paul CairnsHCI research group, Dept of Computer Science

Motivation

Understanding the problem

Testing success of the solution

Research

Older adults Focus groups (n=15, age 60-80 years) Food and shopping diaries (n=13, age 62-

88 years, M=69)

Younger adults Questionnaires (n=119, age 18-39, M=22.5;

n=61, age 17-21 years, M=17.7) Follow up interviews (n=5)

Food & shopping diary

Findings

Kitchen space is limited

People use recipes for inspiration & guidance more than literal instruction

Recipe collections come in all shapes & sizes but rarely digital

Kitchen space is limited

Recipe use

Recipe collections

Recipe collections

Recipe collections

Future research

Testing the design variables Participatory design with older adults and

younger generations

Questions