Information APP interface design tips!

As a tool for disseminating art information, art information APPs have occupied a place in the application market. One of the most important designs of APPs is interface design. This article summarizes the classification of art information APPs and attempts to explain the design methods of art information APP interfaces from the perspective of artistic expression.

Types of art information apps

① News and magazines. In order to allow more art lovers to obtain art advice anytime and anywhere, the main function of this type of APP is to update art news and magazine content, so that users can grasp the news in real time and read the latest information in a timely and convenient manner.

② Social learning. Mobile Internet brings together people with similar interests. Social learning art information APPs are a microcosm of users spontaneously gathering and creating. The content of this type of APP is mostly about sharing design experience and exchanging creative ideas.

③ Appreciation and experience category. Appreciation and experience category APPs mainly promote art culture and display art works. While users are exposed to art, feel art, and experience art, they can integrate art into their lives and cultivate and improve their art appreciation abilities.

④Activity display category. This type of APP is mostly online exhibition halls of art and creative parks, art galleries, and museums. The content covers recent exhibition information and famous works of famous artists, allowing users to obtain exhibition content in a timely manner and visit major art galleries without leaving home.

Judging from the content of art information apps, art news and exhibition information contain a large amount of information, while design graphics, paintings, etc. have more graphic content.

Art Information APP Interface Design Method

Combining the classification of art and information apps and the characteristics of general app interface design, from the perspective of artistic expression, the design methods of art and information apps in interface design are manifested in five aspects.

A large amount of art information is flooded on the interface, which makes it difficult for users to choose. However, activity display apps with location-based service functions have more levels of information. Information visualization is to display abstract and complex concepts and logical relationships in the interface through graphics. On the basis of beautiful interface design, it is more important to convey information intuitively and clearly, so that users can understand the arrangement and detailed information of each element in the interface more intuitively, clearly and conveniently.

Art information apps have more information content, and users’ attention span is correspondingly shorter. The dense design is not suitable for modern people’s reading habits that easily lead to fatigue. In order to reduce user information load and visual fatigue, the icons on the entire app interface should be simplified on the basis of consistency and standardization.

For example: the icon design in the APP interface is mainly line-shaped, with alternating black and gray colors. The overall design is small and exquisite, simple and clear, without excessive decoration, giving users a refreshing and clean visual experience.

With the advent of the era of reading pictures, words are boring, but images are eye-stimulating. In interface design, pictures and images are vivid "visions" and carriers of a large amount of information. The attributes of art and information apps determine that the number and quality of image elements in the interface are higher than those of general apps. The visual representation of images is reflected in high-definition and high-quality large pictures and vivid videos, which focus users' attention on the main information and enhance the vitality of interface design.

The size of a mobile device determines the area a user can read and the amount of information on one screen. Art information is extensive and complex, and in addition to images, text is also an indispensable element of expression. Text friendliness includes text recognition, text simplification, and text formalization.

The recognizability of text can be reflected in terms of its size, font, color, layout, and whether it can be read for a long time. Simplifying text reduces redundant information, uses popular professional terms, streamlines information levels, and saves users’ reading time. The presentation of text in interface design can be combined with images, audio, and video, and formalized text can be lively, allowing users to change from passively acquiring information to naturally receiving information.

In interface design, color is used to attract attention, gather elements, express meaning and increase beauty. Art information mainly spreads information, and fresh colors with lower purity are suitable for real and objective information. Art information has many categories, and it can be distinguished by matching several different colors on the basis of a clear main color. The information content and color are combined in the design to maximize the visual effect and aesthetic function of color.

The interface design of an excellent art information APP should not only be functional but also beautiful. Solving the user's need for information is the primary task of an art information APP. The clear logical relationship is combined with five design methods: information visualization, icon simplification, image vision, text friendliness, and color functionality. From the user's perspective, it presents users with a beautiful visual experience and provides users with a good user experience.