Noise-Free Digital Interfaces From the Near Future

Pakalkaitė, Joskaudė

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Author(s): Joskaudė Pakalkaitė

Publication date (Print): July 2023

Conference name: Proceedings of EVA London 2023 (EVA 2023)

Conference theme: Since 1990, the EVA London Conference has established itself as one of the United Kingdom’s most innovative and interdisciplinary conferences in the field of digital visualisation. The papers and abstracts in this volume cover areas such as the arts, culture, heritage, museums, music, performance, visual art, and visualisation, as well as related interdisciplinary areas, in combination with technology. The latest research and work by early career researchers, established scholars, practitioners, research students, and visual artists, can be found in this volume, published in full colour.

Conference date: 10–14 July 2023

Keywords: Noise-free digital interfaces, Hand-drawn interfaces, Mindful interactions, Touch-rich interactions, Research through Design

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This doctoral project explores how unconventional design approaches can mitigate noise within digital interfaces and enhance user experience for consumers through the exploration of three interaction elements: visual attention, mindfulness, and tactility. I specifically focus on the issues of noisy digital interfaces such as ‘cold’ generic interfaces, mindless and touch-poor interactions, and provide practical solutions. Therefore, this practice-based research project adapts the Research through Design approach and the use of Design Fiction methods such as ‘What if’ questions, diegetic prototypes, and narrative planning. My design practice also aims to raise ethical awareness of designing better IT tools within designers and software developers. The development of noise-free digital interfaces includes creating three fictional prototypes, which communicate the practical application of hand-drawn interfaces, mindful and touch-rich interactions. These diegetic prototypes and near-future scenarios are used to explore to what extent noise can be mitigated within digital interfaces, and how this can enhance user experience for consumers. I predict and recommend that noisy digital experiences can be mitigated by implementing mindful elements, purposefully using colour and shapes, hand-drawn interfaces, and touch-rich interactions, when designing noise-free digital interfaces. The next step of this project is to use the Expert Review method to collect and analyse insights from the designers and software developers working in IT companies on how hand-drawn interfaces, mindful and touch-rich interactions can be adapted to benefit large IT companies.

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Conference date: 10–14 July 2023

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[1] Aguirre-Sacasa, R. (2018) Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. Netflix. (retrieved 12 August 2022).

[2] Aguirre-Sacasa, R., & Hack, R. (2014) Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. Archie Horror, New York.

[3] Aldiss, B. W. (1995) The Detached Retina: Aspects of SF and Fantasy. Liverpool University Press, Liverpool.

[4] Archer, B. (1995) The Nature of Research. Co-design, interdisciplinary journal of design, pp. 6-13.

[5] Barrios-O’Neill, D., & Pakalkaitė, J. (2022) Exploring Next-Generation Touch-Rich Interactions for Consumer Well-being. Electronic Visualisation and the Arts (EVA 2022), London, UK, 4–8 July 2022, 221–228. BCS, London.

[6] Brooker, C. (2013) Black Mirror: Be Right Back. Netflix. (retrieved 12 August 2022).

[7] Brooker, C. (2016) Black Mirror: Nosedive Netflix. (retrieved 12 August 2022).

[8] Brooker, C. (2017) Black Mirror: Hang the DJ. Netflix. (retrieved 12 August 2022).

[9] Brooker, C. (2019) Black Mirror: Smithereens Netflix. (retrieved 12 August 2022).

[10] Candy, L. (2006) Practice-based research: A Guide. https://www.creativityandcognition.com/resources/PBR%20Guide-1.1-2006.pdf (retrieved 17 October 2021).

[11] Coulton, P., Lindley, J., Sturdee, M. & Stead, M. (2017) Design Fiction as World Building. Research Through Design (RTD 2017), Edinburgh, UK, 22-24 March 2017.

[12] Dunne, A. & Raby, F. (2013) Speculative Everything: Design, Fiction and Social Dreaming. MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

[13] Google. (2019) Morph – A Digital Wellbeing Experiment https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ono3SKps3Bs (retrieved 12 August 2022).

[14] Hale, L. & Guan, S. (2015) Screen time and sleep among school-aged children and adolescents: a systematic literature review. Sleep Medicine Reviews, 21, pp. 50-58.

[15] Hiniker, A. (2017) Supporting Intentional Media Use in Families. University of Washington, Washington.

[16] Hollier, J., & Tang, K. (2015) The Light Phone. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thelightphone/the-light-phone (retrieved 12 August 2022).

[17] Hollier, J., & Tang, K. (2018) The Light Phone II. https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/light-phone-2#/ (retrieved 12 August 2022).

[18] Intolo, P., Nuttheera, P., Pimmas, S., Wannapus, S., Kornkanok, K., & Baxter, D. G. (2019) Pain and muscle activity of neck, shoulder, upper back, and forearm during touch screen tablet use by children. Work, 64(2), pp. 1-7.

[19] Kim, S-Y., & Sung-Ja, K. (2016) Effect of duration of smartphone use on muscle fatigue and pain caused by forward head posture in adults’. Journal of physical therapy science 28(6), pp. 1169-1672.

[20] Kirby, D. (2010) The Future is Now: Diegetic Prototypes and the Role of Popular Films in Generating Real-world Technological Development. Social Studies of Science, 40 (1) pp. 41-70.

[21] Lee, A. R., Soo-Min, S., & Kyung Kyu, K. (2016) Information and communication technology overload and social networking service fatigue: A stress perspective. Computers in Human Behaviour, 55, pp. 51-61.

[22] Markussen, T., & Knutz, E. (2013) Poetics of Design Fiction. Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Designing Pleasurable Products and Interfaces (DPPI '13), Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, 3-5 September 2013.

[23] Near Future Laboratory (2015). Our approach to Design Fiction. https://blog.nearfuturelaboratory.com/2015/07/28/our-approach-of-design-fiction/ (retrieved 12 August 2022).

[24] Pakalkaitė, J. (2021) Development of Noise-free Digital Interfaces for Consumer Well-being. Electronic Visualisation and the Arts (EVA 2022), London, UK, 5–9 July 2021, 221–228. BCS, London.

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[26] Samsung. How to find your user manual. https://www.samsung.com/uk/support/home-appliances/find-user-manual/ (retrieved 12 August 2022).

[27] Shelley, M. (2018) Frankenstein: the 1818 Text. Penguin Classics, London.

[28] Stappers, P. J. (2007) Doing Design as a Part of Doing Design. In Michel, R. (eds.). Design Research Now (Board of International Research in Design). Birkhäuser, Basel.

[29] Stappers, P. J., & Giaccardi, E. (2016) Research through Design. In Soegaard, M. & Dam, R. F (eds.). The Encyclopaedia of Human- Computer Interaction, 2nd Edition, The Interaction Design Foundation.

[30] Toh, S. H., Coenen, P., Howie, E. K., & Straker, L. M. (2017) The associations of mobile touch screen device use with musculoskeletal symptoms and exposures: A systematic review. PloS ONE, 12(8), pp.1-22.

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