After spending my placement year as a Junior Graphic Designer I have started to understand and appreciate the use of image, graphics and text in both print and digital design to stimulate certain senses in the audience, these are known as 'Sense Channels.' These senses include, sight, hearing, touch, smell and even taste.
This came apparent to me when I wondered why I liked designing for print just as much as I did for digital applications. It came down to, what I later descovered to be, the 'Information Bandwidth' of each medium. For example a printed brochure will stimulate the same and also different senses when displaying information than a digital website. Both have pros and cons, but when we try to tailor a design to fill all medium requirements the design is said to be diluted and thus doesn't play on the pros of each medium.
Above is my initial investigation to find resources around the subject of 'Information Interaction' and new technology.
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