New paper ✨

»Conceptual Analogues: Coming to Terms with Data Visualisation«

https://doi.org/10.11588/ic.2025.1.113533

In which I propose conceptual analogues as terms that fuse theory and practice to expand the language of data visualization. It is based on a contribution to the early-pandemic workshop »What is the Digital Doing?« and is out now in a special issue of Interface Critique, edited by Nina Tolksdorf and Lindsey Drury.

#DataVis #Critique #Theory #CriticalDataVis #DigitalHumanities #InterfaceDesign

Great #DSA report by @bitsoffreedom about how #Snapchat manipulates its users through notifications:

"From 109 notifications we categorized 39 as misleading." They contained "false information (e.g., “check out this post from someone you follow”—even though we weren't following anyone), resembled a personal message from other users, or were incorrectly labeled as being “time-sensitive”."

https://www.bitsoffreedom.nl/2025/12/05/how-snapchat-manipulates-its-users-through-notifications/

#DigitalRights #DarkPatterns #DigitalServicesAct #BigTech #InterfaceDesign

ighting Fundamentals – A Primer for Application and Manipulation
Workshop by Ioannis Oriwol

This hands-on workshop explores lighting as both a technical medium and creative tool for media art and design.
Participants will gain understanding of lighting technologies, from historical incandescent systems to modern LED fixtures, and learn methods for manipulating light in installations and performances.

Key topics include light source types, fixture varieties, physical modification (lenses, filters, gobos), electrical control systems, and digital manipulation through DMX programming. The afternoon session offers time for experimentation.

Ioannis Oriwol is a media artist whose practice is creatively influenced by his work in the event industry. Currently studying Media Art and Design as well as Fine Arts at Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, his artistic approach is media-archaeological, working with found and historical lighting equipment to create installations and performances.

#interfacedesign #interactiveart #bauhausuniversitätweimar #soundandlight #mediaart #lightinstallation #mediainstallation #performanceart #interactiveart #lightart #printedelectronics #installationart #mediainstallation
#prototyping

We’ve spent decades perfecting user flows. But what happens when AI collapses the steps and users just express outcomes? Is “flow” still a useful concept in modern UX—or do we need a new mental model entirely? Let’s debate. #AI #AgenticAI #HumanAgentCenteredDesign #InteractionDesign #InterfaceDesign #UX #ConversationDesign #UXforAI

https://www.designative.info/2025/11/20/flows-age-agentic-ai-what-if-our-core-ux-models-no-longer-apply/

Summaery 2025 | This is (not) a Networking Event

We will probably soon reach the figure of 50 billion when we look at the things and objects that are connected to the Internet.

Who is actually communicating with whom in an ever-evolving world of networked objects and systems?

The exhibition explored playful, mysterious, imaginative, and ecological ways of dealing with things and objects that communicate, exchange information, and relate to each other.

#talktome #summaery2025 #connectedobjects #interfacedesign #interactiveart #bauhausuniversitätweimar #soundandlight #mediaart #lightinstallation #mediainstallation #performanceart #interactiveart #lightart #printedelectronics #installationart #mediainstallation
#prototyping

But somehow I am not able to find a resource that integrates the Mobile design changes with web design systems with all the very interesting stuff that's going on in the linux ecosystem. If anyone here knows more resources that take this on, please Boost/Link me up. thank you #Design #InterfaceDesign

Ein Interface ist wie ein Vertrag: Je klarer definiert, desto weniger Missverständnisse. API-Design ist Teamkommunikation.

📖 Gelernt aus "Arc42 in Action"

#API #InterfaceDesign #CleanCode

Một bài viết từ /u/EgregorAmeriki thảo luận về đóng gói (encapsulation) trong lập trình không cần dùng từ khóa private, thay vào đó áp dụng thiết kế dựa trên giao diện (interface-based design) để tối ưu tính bảo mật và tính linh hoạt của code.

#Lập_trình #Object_Oriented #Design_Pattern #Công_nghe #Thiet_ke_phan_mem #Programing #OOP #SoftwareDesign #Encapsulation #InterfaceDesign

https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1o934q9/encapsulation_without_private_a_case_for/

The use of a Crew Vehicle Simulator is not limited to astronauts and pilots in training; it is a critical engineering tool. Designers and engineers use it to test, refine and validate the cockpit layouts and control interfaces of new spacecraft and aircraft.

Read more about its role in shaping modern vehicle design: https://t.me/s/robixlab_com?before=8

#Aerospace #AerospaceEngineering #Spacecraft #HumanFactors #FlightSimulation #CrewVehicleSimulator #Ergonomics #InterfaceDesign #ROBIXLAB

Interface Culture: How New Technology Transforms the Way We Create and Communicate by Steven A. Johnson

https://archive.neural.it/init/default/show/3309

#interfaceculture #interfacedesign #creativetechnology #interactiondesign #digitalcultures #technoculture #technosphere #experiencedesign #mediahistory #mediaarthistory #computerhistory #digitaldesign #graphicdesign #criticaltheory #criticalinformationstudies #mediatheory #mediastudies #digitalhumanities #informationtheory #digitalstudies #mediaculture

Findet ihr auch, dass das neue #Icon für die Mobilfunkstärke bei #Android aussieht wie vier größer werdende Ausrufezeichen?

!!!!

#uidesign #interfacedesign #designfail

Passend zu den sommerlichen Temperaturen veröffentlicht der Tagesspiegel heute eine Datenstory zur räumlichen Verteilung privater Pools in Berlin und was diese über Hitze, Dichte und soziale Ungleichheit verrät:
https://interaktiv.tagesspiegel.de/lab/wo-berlins-private-pools-stehen-und-was-das-uber-die-stadt-verraet-luftbilder-hitze-wasser-ungleichheit-datenanalyse/

Die Analyse basiert auf einem Projekt aus dem Kurs »Mapping Cities – Making Cities«, in dem #InterfaceDesign und #UrbaneZukunft Studierende gemeinsam urbane Daten visualisieren und reflektieren: https://uclab.fh-potsdam.de/mapping/

#FHPotsdam #Datenjournalismus #DataVis

The new fight for the everything app? Apps extend their feature sets beyond their core: Figma does whiteboards and presentations, Miro has docs, tables and prototyping. And every month they roll out something new. Heavy fighting to lock users in, in a market they see volatile enough to grab Microsoft’s and Adobe’s user base.

But I don’t know. Do they still have clear missions for their apps?

#interfacedesign #appdesign #collaboration #miro #figma #adobe #microsoft

Revisiting Data by Design: An Interactive History of Data Visualization by @laurenfklein and the team at Emory University. Such a neat way to present the history of data visualization: https://dev.dataxdesign.io

While the book is forthcoming, the website already offers an impressive investigation into the contexts of historic maps and charts — featuring annotated originals and interactive recreations.

#DataVis #DigitalHumanities #InterfaceDesign #CriticalDataVis #History #ScrollyTelling #Literacy

Part I of CG&A SI on #CriticalDataVis is out https://www.computer.org/csdl/magazine/cg/2025/03 and we contribute two papers on interactivity and storytelling in #DataVis:

Toward Collective Storytelling: Investigating Audience Annotations in Data Visualizations
https://doi.org/10.1109/MCG.2025.3547944

Critical Interactivity: Exploration and Narration in Data Visualization
https://doi.org/10.1109/mcg.2025.3544684

Big thanks to editors Georgia Panagiotidou @mcnuttandrew @gotdairyya @nicolehengesbach Miriah Meyer!

#FHPotsdam #OpenAccess #InterfaceDesign

Well... Danke #Adobe bzw. #Windows für nichts.

Ich bin mir nicht sicher, welche Option ich wählen sollte. Sie sind einfach so grundverschieden. Es ist einfach zu kompliziert. Die eine Option scheint mir echt etwas ganz anderes auszulösen als die andere.

#Interfacedesign #uxfail #fail

GrapheneOS uses the stock Android launcher (unlike my old phone). It always shows this weird line at the bottom (not sure if I can switch it off). I believe it's a reminder that gestures are activated.

Today I noticed something: it changes its color depending on the background below for maximum contrast.

It's cool because its a sign for the attention for details that went into the interface design. And I love good interface design.

#ui #ux #interfaceDesign #android #grapheneOS

Airbnb’s redesign and Apple’s Liquid Glass UI signal a return of skeuomorphism and dimensionality in digital interfaces as digital artificiality rises. #UI #UXDesign #Skeuomorphism #DigitalDesign #Apple #Airbnb #DesignTrends #Tech #InterfaceDesign

🎉 The Information is Beautiful Awards were just announced at #Outlier2025 and we are thrilled and thankful to receive Gold with »I Want a Better Catastrophe: A Flowchart for Navigating our Climate Predicament« by #AndrewBoyd, @jona & @nrchtct

🔥 Try it out: https://flowchart.bettercatastrophe.com

🏆 Entry on award website:
https://www.informationisbeautifulawards.com/showcase/7487-i-want-a-better-catastrophe-a-flowchart-for-navigating-our-climate-predicament

🛠️ Create your own interactive flowchart: http://uclab.fh-potsdam.de/interactive-flowchart/

#Outlier2025 #IIBAwards #DataVizSociety #BetterCatastrophe #DataVis #InterfaceDesign #FHPotsdam