3.6. Skeleton Plane The fourth level is the “Skeleton Plane” (Garrett 2011:20). The skeleton plane concentrates on the interface design, navigation design and the information design of an interactive product (Garrett 2011:20). It addresses the placement of the buttons, text and images on each page or screen (Garrett 2011:20). The skeleton helps to arrange the elements so that the pages or screens are of utmost effectiveness and efficiency (Garrett 2011:20). So the user can find what he needs when it is needed as quickly as possible and to be able to remember where to find it (Garrett 2011:20). As show in figure 1, this plane is divided in three sections. The interface design involves selection the correct interface elements and the placement …show more content…
Some information design can be visual for example using charts or graphs to display data, while others involves the grouping of pieces of information (Garrett 2011:124). Information design can be the cause of interface design problems, since the interface needs to communicate information to the user and collect information from the user (Garrett 2011:126). Information design and navigation works together to help the user find their way through interactive product (Garrett …show more content…
This level addresses the ‘look’ and ‘feel’ of the interface (sensory design). It is the visual treatment of all the elements, navigation components, text and images (Garrett 2011:20). “It brings everything together visually” and answers the question about what the finished product will look like (Kuniavsky 2010:16). The surface determines the style of the text, images and other elements. It is where the designer determin how it will be displayed and what happens if a user click a button or image (Garrett 2011:20). Each of these planes, as show in figure 1, relies on the plane below (Garrett 2011:22). The designer cannot design the scope of the product without understanding the user’s needs and the client’s objectives. The structure cannot be created without knowing the scope and the skeleton cannot be created without having a structure. The same for the surface, it is dependent on the skeleton (Garrett 2011:22). The surface plane addresses the user’s senses, for example if the user push a button and it makes a sound it not only informs the user that the action was performed it also gives the product a personality (Garrett 2011:36). The issues on each plane becomes more concrete and less abstract as one moves up, as shown in figure 1 (Garrett 2011:21). In other words the “Strategy” plane deals with more abstract issues whereas the “Surface” plane deals with more concrete issues (Garrett 2011:21). The planes
Lawson, Bryan. How Designers Think: The Design Process Demystified. 4th ed. Oxford: Architectural Press, 2006.
1. Skeletons on the Zahara is a nonfiction book written by Dean King. It is based on Captain Riley’s memoir. The book talks about the true survival of Captain James Riley and his crew on their journey to Africa. After the war of 1812 and 1815 in America, Captain James Riley and his crew of twelve left and sailed down the Connecticut river, Riley’s family did no longer have a home, so this voyage would help them restore their fortune. After they sailed out of the Connecticut river, they went down to new Orleans and picked up a cargo of flower and Tobacco, then sailed across the Atlantic down to Gibraltar were they traded the flower and tobacco for wine and Spanish coins, they then sailed down the coast of Africa and were going to go to the Cape
When dealing with technology, User Interface Design is often not considered the main part of the technology. One might assume that UI is not an important part of the device and can be thrown in at last minute but in reality UI is the most vital part of the any system. When a user looks at the device, the UI is the most essential part because it is how people interact with the computer. If a user is confused or doesn’t understand the UI, that could be a huge problem for the company. If a user disagrees or dislike the UI, the user will most likely stop using that device which plays significant role in the company’s business. Eventually users will lose interest in the device and give up on it. The user doesn’t care about the programming aspects, databases and hardware behind the device because they are not connected to them (1).
Firstly, data visualization allows people who are suffering from information overload to understand various contexts visually and relatively.
The musculoskeletal system is our main support system. It gives us our form, provides stability, and produces movement. Consisting of bones that connect together to create our framework known as the skeleton, sheltering our organs and storing nutrients. Within our bones, a network of blood supplies, nerves, and lymph vessels exist. In order to keep our bones stabilized and connected, our skeletal system also includes cartilages, ligaments, and other connective tissues. Our body is able to produce movements and maintain its weight and position by partnering with muscles. Muscle fibers help us walk, sit, stand, and run by pulling against our skeleton.
Oxman, R. (1997). Design by re-representation: a model of visual reasoning in design. Design studies, 18, 329-347.
Information is the meaningful data in a right structure that present to the recipient. information inserts to knowledge and have related for the situation. Data become information when information alteration to Communicate meaning suggestion or knowledge, or conclusions. information is an important managerial skills. the characteristics of the information are: structure, accuracy ,time, possibility , and originality. Information has been frequently defined as interpreted data (callaos 2002) . Information is a generally established variable of organizational effectiveness in addition information is one of the parts of a method that direct to the organization, and recover and use organizational information, which in turn leads to decision making which provides customers with services (Porter, & Millar, 1985)
The elements of design were created by Arthur Wesley Dow to help people see, describe, and create visual qualities in a systematic way. It consists of 7 elements: line, shape, form, colour, value, texture and space.
When printing a 3D object the end-user of the 3D printer must first produce a 3D image of the end product that they want to print by using an application software called computer-assisted design. The CAD software program send the end-user desired object onto hundred or thousand horizontal layers. All the layers are then placed on top of each other in a one-by-one manner until the whole 3D object develops.
Someone has rightly said, "Information management is a bridge between users and technical implementers, between aspiration and reality, between what's unrealized and what's possible." Information drives the economy. If employees of an organization know the value of information based decision making, it can help the organization drive forward. Information Management is about learning the different aspects of information, technology and people. It is about understanding the user groups, their needs and making a useful product. It is more focussed on the future of technology, where the technology is going and less about the past of software development and building hardware as solution.
...he organization. The output of the design group’s efforts is detailed drawing and other specifications, which assist the succeeding groups for effective usage of the raw materials into a finished product. This information is also important for the product
Depending on the approach used for the design process, the user’s involvement in the development of a product will vary (Kaulio, 1998: 141).
...erests. Informatics also play role with the amelioration of intuitive user interfaces, that enables better user experiences.
When the first introduction of digital technology came onto the scene of the design industry it came with its fair share of criticism and questioning of its value. Digital Technology brought with it a movement in which various stages of a designers process ( ideation , production and press processes ) have fundamentally changed.3 The basic way in which designers produce things with traditional methods will be over taken with that of digital technology. With this prospect , the introduction of digital technology brought loud criticism from designers.
...e for their needs, they still choose to go to this route, or even Shapiro and Hughes' seven dimensions of information literacy as it implies to computer literacy. As new technology comes available the information explosion will gain more momentum, which is going to cause more information seekers to become overloaded, unless information literacy skills are brought back into the information seeking process. In addition, information explosion has given many effects on individuals, organization, society, and country either positive or negative effects. In the ways to find the information of information explosion, maybe somebody will face with the difficulty of valuing the good information to be taken for the assignment. By the way, we need to take the advantage of this situation to make an improvement of our ability in produce useful information for the next generation.