Towards culture-centred design

Interacting with Computers

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 820-852

  Shen, Siu Tsen ^a   Woolley, Martin ^b   Prior, Stephen ^c  

^a National Formosa University of Science and Technology   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Culture; Design process; Human computer interaction (HCI); Iconography; Metaphor; User interface design

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SCIENCE; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; LOGIC DESIGN; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; USABILITY ENGINEERING; USER INTERFACES;

CULTURES; DESIGN PROCESS; ICONOGRAPHY; METAPHOR; USER-INTERFACE DESIGN;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 33746910557     PISSN: 09535438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intcom.2005.11.014     Document Type: Article

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