Exhibited as part of the conference Limit / No Limit, 24-26 January, Paris, France. 

The way we construct our immediate surroundings and our ways of living determine how we relate to the whole world as we know it and how we view our lives in relation to it. In other words, our perspective of the wider world and our role within it is shaped by how the things we use are designed and depends on the ways in which we are permitted to interact with our world through these things. This is the focus of this work, which suggests three interaction design principles to support the process of forming and strengthening the relation between us and the basic conditions of life. These principles are based on the observations made and experiences had during three field trips in areas of wilderness in northern Scandinavia that examined how interactions with essential resources such as water and heat affected the relations of people to these resources. Accordingly, the proposed design principles concern the relational aspect of design in terms of how the actions carried out affect these relations, rather than how the quantities of resources used can be communicated to people through a design or how an interaction will be experienced or engage people. The principles bring up design aspects such as relatedness, value and adaptability.