• English
    • Welsh
  • English 
    • English
    • Welsh
  • Login
Search DSpace:
  • Home
  • Research at Cardiff Met
  • Library Services
  • Contact Us
View item 
  • DSpace home
  • Cardiff School of Art and Design
  • Cardiff School of Art and Design (CSAD)
  • User Centred Design
  • View item
  • DSpace home
  • Cardiff School of Art and Design
  • Cardiff School of Art and Design (CSAD)
  • User Centred Design
  • View item
JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

Rapid development of information appliances: Future approaches for designers

Thumbnail
View/open
SGill_RapidDevelopmentofInformationAppliances0001.pdf (564.5Kb)
Author
Evans, M.
Gill, Steve
Date
2006-05-01
Metadata
Show full item record
Abstract
This is a collaborative paper proposing the use of ethnofuturism (a combination of techniques, such as environmental scanning and trend forecasting, to predict future user trends) with rapid information appliance design and development techniques. The authors propose a design development model for information appliances that utilise ethnofuturism as an integral component of the design development process. In this paper, methods for forecasting trends are discussed, followed by a brief description of the Information Ergonomics (IE) System (see Gill output 1). Empirical results from tests on 48 users are analysed using ANOVA, indicating the value of three-dimensional information appliance prototype development. The paper concludes with proposals for full integration of ethnofuturist methodologies with 3D working prototype development in the design development of information appliances. The significance of the paper lies mainly in two aspects: 1. Its proposal that research in ethnographic forecasting methods, and research in rapid information appliance design, be applied in tandem. 2. The empirical test results prove that the standard industry method of testing information appliances at the low and medium fidelity stages of development is severely flawed. The results clearly demonstrate that screen-based prototypes of three-dimensional appliances give consistently misleading results. In proving a key component of the IE System’s claims, these results also point towards further research (so far unpublished) with even more dramatic results, demonstrating that a very low fidelity 3D prototype can give radically faster, better, cheaper results than a high fidelity screen based prototype. This confirmed earlier live trial observations made by Sony-Ericsson’s Smartphone interface design team, a key collaborator. The results also directly contributed to PAIPR winning of a research student bursary and a research council funded study of physicality. Gill's contribution was focussed primarily on 2 above. Each author contributed equally to this research.
Citation
Evans, M & Gill, S. (2006) 'Rapid development of information appliances: Future approaches for designers', International Design Conference. Design 2006. 15-18 May. Dubrovnik, Croatia, pp.8
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10369/186
Collections
  • WIRAD: RAE 2008 Submission [126]
  • User Centred Design [78]

Related items

Showing items related by title, author, subject and abstract.

  • Thumbnail

    Rapid development of tangible interactive appliances: achieving the fidelity/time balance 

    Gill, Steve; Loudon, Gareth; Woolley, Alex; Hare, Jo; Walker, Darren; Dix, Alan; Ramduny-Ellis, Devina (Inderscience Enterprises, 2008)
    For some years, the global research community has been developing techniques to rapidly design and develop information appliances. Despite significant advances, many industrial and user interface designers still rely on ...
  • Thumbnail

    How to design and prototype an information appliance in 24 hours - Integrating product & interface design processes 

    Gill, Steve; Loudon, Gareth; Hewett, Bethan; Barham, Gareth (2005-06-01)
    One of two papers in this submission (see Output 2) resulting from an exercise set by the Audi Design Foundation, which required an information appliance to be produced from brief to prototype in 24 hours. Although this ...
  • Thumbnail

    How to Achieve the Impossible 

    Wilgeroth, Paul; Barham, Gareth; Gill, Steve (2005-09-15)
    This paper describes a multiple team working experiment, involving staff and students of the Product Design Programme (PDP) at the University Wales Institute Cardiff, collaborating with The National Centre for Product ...

Browse

DSpace at Cardiff MetCommunities & CollectionsBy issue dateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsThis collectionBy issue dateAuthorsTitlesSubjects

My Account

Login

Statistics

Most Popular ItemsStatistics by CountryMost Popular Authors

DSpace software copyright © 2002-2015  DuraSpace
Contact us | Send feedback | Administrator