Ambient Signifiers
Evidently the Tokyo rail system uses different chime music to indicate stops so you can subconsciously learn when to get off. Also the BBC provided some brilliant ambient signifiers on their site:In another case, the BBC’s 2002 redesign of its bbc.co.uk website introduced the wonderfully elegant idea of digital patina (sometimes referred to as “digital color footprint”), in which usage patterns create worn paths (e.g., the more you visit the BBC Sports section, the darker the Sports box on the homepage becomes).
I need to keep this guys concept of the ambient signifier in mind. Where else can this be applied?
posted on: September 25, 2006