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Integrating fun, joy, delight, and curiosity as essential design principles can reimagine human relationships with technology and foster digital futures built on connection and imagination. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.METHODOLOGICAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.ESTABLISHES_NEW_DIRECTION.

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The forum aims to investigate how joy and delight can transform our relationship with technology.

April 29, 2026Open Access

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Technology, Joy, and Justice Through the Delightful Encounter

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The forum aims to investigate how joy and delight can transform our relationship with technology.
Explored concepts of joy and curiosity
Discussed principles for digital design
Engaged discussions among multiple editors
Proposed integrating joy as a design principle in technology
Highlighted the importance of connection and imagination in digital futures
Emphasized reimagining relationships with technology

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This forum explores how fun and joy can reimagine our relationships with technology and foreground delight and curiosity as essential principles for designing digital futures built on connection and imagination — Anna R. L. Carter, Dalya Al-Shahrabi, Lauren Scott, and Patrícia Piedade, Editors

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