FE - Contextual research
- Tona Monjo
- Inclusive Design Research Centre OCAD
- James Yoon
Our community of designers conducted research around museums, the use of information technology in museums, and ways to enhance the visitor experience in museums with the aid of technology. This section gathers all the information compiled and created by the design team on museums, visitor experience, and technology.
Background information on museums
Field research
> General resources on museums
> Interview & contextual inquiry guide for exhibition designer
> Museum visitors - characteristics and behaviour
> Museum staff - roles
> All-hands brainstorm and affinity diagram
> Notes from introductory calls with partner museums
> Notes from general museum visits
> Notes from partner museum visits
Museums and information technologies
> Benchmark of museums websites
> Interview on audio tours at the DIA
> Interview on audio tours at the Art Gallery of Ontario
Design documentation
Principles of design for museums
> General principles for designing visitor-facing museum tools
> Information delivery strategies
> General considerations about technology implementation
Ontological studies
> Interaction model ontology
> Ontological design process
> Ontological proto-models
> Scenario interaction overview
> Journey framework - SFMOMA
Tagging & metadata
> Conceptual mapping and tagging resources
> Museum metadata overview
Spatial mapping
> Mapping ideas: list and catalogue
> Mapping scenarios
> Map tool overview and scenarios
> Functionality-to-scenario grids
Accessibility
> Museum experience of blind visitor