InfoGEOMETRY. Conceptual Prototype for Navigating InfoSPACE

Jan Kubasiewicz and DK Jang    

InfoGEOMETRY  is the word the authors use to describe the concept of utilizing geometric patterns and dynamic symmetry in graphical user interface design for navigating complex information.

This paper refers to a specific collaborative project in which the concept of infoGeometry was first introduced as an alternative tool of information architecture.

In their design process, the authors tried to reconcile the visual nature of geometric vocabulary with parametric nature of interface design and dynamic nature of information organization.

The project resulted in experimental interactive tools for information search and navigating complex information structures.    

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YOU ARE HERE. A study in interactivity.

This paper refers to a studio project in interface design, conducted at the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston, where individual designers explored essential concepts in navigating complex structures of information.

Taking the notion of You-Are-Here as a point of departure, individual designers explored various definitions and interpretations of the notion's three components: You(We/They, etc)-Are(Will Be/Have Been, etc)-Here(in Time/in Space).

Exploring specific instances of parametric design and developing linked, multiple representations for information display resulted in a broad spectrum of contexts associated with navigation. Specific descriptions of individual instances will accompany the final presentation of the project.  

-- Jan Kubasiewicz, Professor Coordinator of Graduate Program in Design

Massachusetts College of Art