Large, A.; Beheshti, J.; Tabatabaei, N.; Nesset, V.: Developing a visual taxonomy : children's views on aesthetics (2009)
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- Abstract
- This article explores the aesthetic design criteria that should be incorporated into the information visualization of a taxonomy intended for use by children. Seven elementary-school students were each asked to represent their ideas in drawings for visualizing a taxonomy. Their drawings were analyzed according to six criteria - balance, equilibrium, symmetry, unity, rhythm, and economy - identified as aesthetic measures in previous research. The drawings revealed the presence of all six measures, and three - unity, equilibrium, and rhythm - were found to play an especially important role. It is therefore concluded that an aesthetic design for an information visualization for young users should incorporate all six measures.
- Source
- Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. 60(2009) no.9, S.1808-1822
