Prototyping and public art: design and field studies in locative media

Brett Oppegaard University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

Abstract

This experience report shares lessons learned from a multi-staged prototyping process, over a five-year period, that involved the creation and iterative development of a mobile platform and dozens of prototype examples of interactive locative-media artifacts, including locative journalism. Thematically linked to a public art collection, the mobile app was designed as a research instrument aimed at an external audience of passersby, actively using smartphones. This paper documents and outlines key decisions made about the platform and content in response to observed experiences. It also identifies emergent areas of research potential intertwined in the undertaking of such a prototyping process.

Journal
Communication Design Quarterly
Published
2020-08-12
DOI
10.1145/3394264.3394266
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