The Role of Empathic Design Research in the Prototyping of Interactive Visualizations

Eunmi Moon; Sheila Schnieder; Priscilla  Ferronato; Miriam  Salah; Stan Ruecker; Deana McDonagh

doi:10.1080/14606925.2019.1594974

The Role of Empathic Design Research in the Prototyping of Interactive Visualizations

Eunmi Moon, Sheila Schnieder, Priscilla Ferronato, Miriam Salah, Stan Ruecker, Deana McDonagh

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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In this paper, we argue that there is an opportunity to develop a new process for the creation of interactive data visualizations by applying and extending the methods of empathic design. In particular, we consider the criteria summarized by Thomas and McDonagh (2013): “empathic research strategies incorporate shared language, collaboration, ethnography, and empathy.” We anchor the discussion in a pilot project involving a new navigation system for visually impaired people, where an empathic exercise designed by the visually-impaired participant formed the basis for increasing the empathic understanding of the designer.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1515-1527
Number of pages	13
Journal	Design Journal
Volume	22
Issue number	sup1
Early online date	31 May 2019
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/14606925.2019.1594974
Publication status	Published - 2019
Event	13th International Conference of the European Academy of Design : Running with Scissors - University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom Duration: 10 Apr 2019 → 12 Apr 2019 Conference number: 13 https://ead2019dundee.com/welcome/ https://ead2019dundee.com

Keywords

Empathic design
interactive visualizations
inclusive design

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Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design

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