This isn't a result of any research, it's just my experience as of someone who studied art for his first major.
Making art is about finding patterns and then communicating those patterns to your audience. In music this might be called harmony theory, in visual arts this is typically referred to as "composition". Choosing colors isn't enough (as, for example, it wouldn't be enough to choose just the tones in music you also need to sequence them, choose the tempo, dynamics etc.) I also don't believe this is a universal language, no more than any natural language: one needs to learn it (although most people are very capable of learning it) to understand it. Again, as per my experience, some people find comfort and seem to relax when having very few objects in their sight, like, say, when looking at the see on a calm day, while others seem to find comfort when dealing with imagery which has a lot of details, s.a. complicated ornaments or very detailed images of urban landscapes. It might look like images that demand attention would be the antithesis of "calm", but if you think about someone lost in the airport during connected flight, then an image showing directions to their terminal would have a very calming effect. If I was faced with your problem, I would invest into having UI with as little decorations as possible and with as few nesting levels as possible. Text is best readable when its black on white background. But this is about as specific as one can be. Best. Oleg On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 5:40 AM, K K Subbu <kksubbu...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thursday 07 April 2016 07:10 AM, Casey Ransberger wrote: >> >> a) not sure that what works for decorating will necessarily work for UI > > > I think you are on the right track here. UI requires focussed attention > while decoration would influence situational awareness. The ability to > handle detail is impaired under stress. If your idea is to let agitated > people complete a transaction as quickly as possible, it would be better to > go for simple form with minimal distractions (e.g. linear flow of fields > juxtaposed with help text). > >> b) I'd like to read any good research out there >> My gut says blue, green, or a combination would be best, but what >> saturation to use? Etc. > > > In your place, I would reach out to an artist or art school for help. Affect > is not based on logic but on overall perception. Dr. Vilayanur Ramachandran > speculates on the neurological basis of art appreciation in a chapter in his > book The Tell-Tale Brain. The book has good references on recent research. > > In your place, I would reach out to art school faculty or students for help. > They are trained to "see" beyond attentional blindness and perceptional > deficits and live the experience. > > HTH .. Subbu > > > _______________________________________________ > Fonc mailing list > Fonc@mailman.vpri.org > http://mailman.vpri.org/mailman/listinfo/fonc_mailman.vpri.org _______________________________________________ Fonc mailing list Fonc@mailman.vpri.org http://mailman.vpri.org/mailman/listinfo/fonc_mailman.vpri.org
