Abstract
This article describes an applied investigation into a concept of information visualization where data are not rendered as graphs, charts or diagrams on the screen but as a sensual experience beyond the screen in physical space. It introduces predecessors such as calm technologies and ambient displays among a number of poetic and applied examples from related backgrounds to establish the context and relevance for communication design and graphic design, and presents a current research undertaking in which the social activity of visiting a website is visualized in multiple sensorial modalities in real-time in the form of a kinetic and sensual display.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 273-284 |
Journal | Visual Communication |
Volume | 8 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2009 |
Keywords
- ambient displays
- awareness displays
- calm technology
- emotional design
- information visualization
- non-visual multimodal visualization
- presence indication
- user experience