Abstract
Background : As digital input and output technologies are rapidly evolving and more products are networked with other devices, including mobile apps, the way we interact with products in our daily lives is becoming more and more diverse. Product designers need the ability to present user experience (UX) concepts in consideration of the specific situations in which people’s needs for product interaction occur, and to visualize and deliver them through various expression channels, i.e., modalities. This study aims to propose a framework that can help designers visualize the UX concepts of multimodal products or systems to create detailed interaction ideas that can be linked to implementations.
Methods : Firstly, through a review of previous studies related to multimodal product UX visualization, it has been learned that it is necessary to study the information visualization methods that can link between the multimodal product UX concept-making stage and the final interaction implementation stage. Then, a product UX visualization framework was proposed, by which designers can consider appropriate modalities according to product interaction needs. This study also presented a design process model based on the proposed framework. Finally, a UX project case of a product connected to a mobile app was explained analytically using the proposed visualization framework.
Result : This research proposes a systematic product UX visualization framework that can visualize and communicate the concepts presented at the product UX planning stage through various interaction modalities. To enhance the applicability of the visualization framework, this study also proposes a design process model that links the results of using the framework to the interaction implementation stage.
Conclusion : The proposed visualization framework provides the foundation for the systematic transformation of design information through the process from UX concept creation to interaction prototype implementation. The framework is also expected to be used as a systematic tool to help shape multimodal product UX design ideas in school and company design projects.
Methods : Firstly, through a review of previous studies related to multimodal product UX visualization, it has been learned that it is necessary to study the information visualization methods that can link between the multimodal product UX concept-making stage and the final interaction implementation stage. Then, a product UX visualization framework was proposed, by which designers can consider appropriate modalities according to product interaction needs. This study also presented a design process model based on the proposed framework. Finally, a UX project case of a product connected to a mobile app was explained analytically using the proposed visualization framework.
Result : This research proposes a systematic product UX visualization framework that can visualize and communicate the concepts presented at the product UX planning stage through various interaction modalities. To enhance the applicability of the visualization framework, this study also proposes a design process model that links the results of using the framework to the interaction implementation stage.
Conclusion : The proposed visualization framework provides the foundation for the systematic transformation of design information through the process from UX concept creation to interaction prototype implementation. The framework is also expected to be used as a systematic tool to help shape multimodal product UX design ideas in school and company design projects.
| Translated title of the contribution | A Proposal of Visualization Framework for UX Designof Multimodal Products |
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| Original language | Korean |
| Pages (from-to) | 25-38 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Journal | Journal of Integrated Design Research |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue number | 4 |
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| State | Published - 2020 |