An interface design for urban recreational walking : A practice-based case study
- Submitting institution
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University of Ulster
- Unit of assessment
- 32 - Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory
- Output identifier
- 77440800
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1075/idj.24.1.03dix
- Title of journal
- Information Design Journal
- Article number
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- First page
- 26
- Volume
- 24
- Issue
- 1
- ISSN
- 0142-5471
- Open access status
- Technical exception
- Month of publication
- November
- Year of publication
- 2018
- URL
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https://ulster.sharepoint.com/:b:/s/REF2021/EbjYYQwuMttBiRGHxLxgrXoBeMKm4uWgrn5YU-xmG2AARw?e=qQKHMT
- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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0
- Research group(s)
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C - Creative Industries Institute
- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- This article sets out the results of a practice-based research project focused on the design of GPS-enabled wayfinding interfaces within the use-context of urban recreational walking/wandering. It was guided by the question of how interfaces could be designed to visually support ‘situation awareness in use’, defined as awareness of one’s embodied involvement in the surrounding environment while usingthe interface. An additional aim was to explore how GPS technological capability might allow for the development of novel visual interface designs; an under-explored possibility in the fields of interaction/information design. There were two phases. In the first, semi-structured interviews were conducted with recreational walkers/wanderers, exploring their wayfinding practices and use of GPS-enabled technology. Here, it was identified that the undermining of situation awareness (SA) was a significant issue for the group. Next, in the inquiry’s second phase, a series of design experiments were undertaken in order to develop a novelwayfinding interface in response to this issue. A mixed-fidelity prototype interface was designed through an iterative testing cycle. This was evaluated through the collection and analysis of quantitative and qualitative data. Here, it was possible to assert that, for the majority of participants, SA-in-use was supported. The interface is presented as a practical response to the research question. It is significant in that it offers an exemplar visual reference for how SA-in-use may be supported for urban walkers/wanders and so extends practical knowledge in the areas of interaction/information design. The article contextualises this outcome in relation to the literature and, equally, contributions by describing the method of its development (which the reviewers identified as a valuable in and of itself). By describing the structure of the interface and setting out a series of principles, which are seen to underpin its design, it is intended that the work may guide/inform future designs.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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