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 Susanne Jul Electrical Engineering and Computer Science University of Michigan |
Navigation,
Design and Constraints: How Does the Penguin Know Where to Go? Navigational cognition imposes certain invariant constraints on the design of electronic environments. Such invariant design constraints can be derived from existing empirical evidence on the relationship between environment and cognition. However, the design perspective requires a focus on the implications of cognition for environmental design rather than on the affect of environmental features on cognition and results in descriptions of design elements rather than cognitive mechansims. The presented work examines the invariant constraints imposed by the navigational subtask of wayfinding (the spatial problem-solving and decision-making entailed in determining where to go and how to get there) on the subdomain of navigational design of environmental locomotional design (the design of what movement is made possible by the environment, including where it is possible to go and how it is possible to get there), and demonstrates some of their implications for design. |
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