How can we co-design wearables?

The research field of wearables has grown increasingly during the last decades. Recent years have seen increased interest in the design of digital and physical-digital hybrids due the digital revolution that has added new dimensions to the field of wearables research. The evolution of wearables can only be understood through the close inter-relation between new technological developments and people needs. Even though this reality involves understanding wearables through the close inter-relation between technological developments and people needs there are few studies that follow this research line. Overall there is a lack of a dialogue between human and technical factors both in the design process and in the validation process. Having identified this research opportunity this book seeks to provide a combined view of both technical and humans factors across a user-centered methodology.This book contribution responses on two different levels: that of a systematic methodology developed through a research-through-design methodology and that of methodology targeted to design practitioners that helps to land the issue of user-centered design to wearables.