Research Article
Design Patterns of Health Animation – Scaling Pattern Languages Into a New Domain
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-030-95531-1_26, author={Katja Thyra Pedersen and Peter Vistisen and Mette Terp H\`{u}ybye and Janni Str\`{u}m}, title={Design Patterns of Health Animation -- Scaling Pattern Languages Into a New Domain}, proceedings={ArtsIT, Interactivity and Game Creation. Creative Heritage. New Perspectives from Media Arts and Artificial Intelligence. 10th EAI International Conference, ArtsIT 2021, Virtual Event, December 2-3, 2021, Proceedings}, proceedings_a={ARTSIT}, year={2022}, month={2}, keywords={Health animation Design patterns Danish study}, doi={10.1007/978-3-030-95531-1_26} }- Katja Thyra Pedersen
Peter Vistisen
Mette Terp Høybye
Janni Strøm
Year: 2022
Design Patterns of Health Animation – Scaling Pattern Languages Into a New Domain
ARTSIT
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-95531-1_26
Abstract
This paper presents the results of a Danish study on the scaling of the design approach of design pattern languages into the context of citizen-oriented health animation. We propose that the use of design patterns, and the development of an emerging pattern library of health animation patterns, can support the design of more informative and useful animations visualizing health information. We mapped 72 Danish citizen-oriented animation products into 23 design categories, including both form-related and content-related elements. We used the design pattern approach to systematize the state-of-art animations to enable an overview of approaches typically applied in health animation across different institutions, producers, and target audiences. We discuss how design patterns can be appropriated from previous uses in e.g. architecture and digital design into a health communication context, and through a pilot split-test we discuss both the benefits but also the limitations of using the design pattern approach to design new health animations.
