by Alissa Walker
Creating applications for hand held mobile devices is probably one of the fastest growing aspects of media design today. With more and more people buying these influential devices instead of just the ordinary cell phone, there will be a larger demand for different apps. Planners and designers are creating applications for mostly anything that could possibly help people get efficient information that they need at a quicker pace. It is now possible to go to any city, state or country and be able to find out almost anything about the area through the use of applications. Whether you're lost and in need of a map or if you're simply pondering possible art galleries to visit, there is no need to worry. All sorts of digital maps and gps-based systems are available with the touch of a digital button.
A recently founded concept designed for cities was created to enlist the help of the community for suggestions on information they wish they had handy about the area. The main intention to this plan was to give citizens the opportunity to take part in helping with government and urban issues that their community is facing. A girl named Katie Koch who participated in the app designing came up with a Restaurant Finder which pulls hotel and restaurant information from whichever city you are in. Another app was invented by Stephanie Aaron to help people find local libraries and determine the hours of operation via an iPhone.
Designing applications has been a huge help to interactive designers encouraging them to change their normal work media from solely designing websites to designing apps as well. An artist's future role in application design will be to enrich the users' knowledge of the world around them. An integrated relationship between data and user will be more successful and I am looking forward to seeing what the next step that the realm of digital media has to offer.
Here is the site that I am referencing:
http://www.good.is/post/designing-a-new-way-to-interact-with-your-city/
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