The effects of icon design features on user perception and preference: A case study of icons for Covid-19.

Autor: Lujie D; School of the Arts, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia., Lin C; School of Art/Pearl River Film Academy, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China., Liao Q; School of Art and Design, Guangzhou Panyu Polytechnic, Guangzhou, China., Qiu S; School of Arts and Culture, Guangdong Vocational Institute Of Public Administration, Guangzhou, China.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: PloS one [PLoS One] 2024 Sep 03; Vol. 19 (9), pp. e0305290. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Sep 03 (Print Publication: 2024).
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0305290
Abstrakt: The objective of this study is to evaluate users' perceptions and preferences on the design features of the COVID-19 prevention promotion icon from the perspective of users' aesthetic and perceptual needs. In this study, 120 officially published icons from 24 countries and regions were collected from online platforms for ranking tests, and then the top-ranked icons were subjectively rated by the semantic differential method. By evaluating the quality of users' perceptions of multiple semantic dimensions of icons, we extracted the perceptual semantic words that users valued as the main icon design features. Spearmen correlations were applied to derive possible correlations between user rankings and semantic scales, and a Friedman test was also conducted to determine the true differences in user perceptions and preferences for different styles of icons. Factor analysis was conducted to extract six perceptual words that influence the design features of the COVID-19 prevention promotion icon. The methodology adopted in this study facilitated the screening of design features related to icon effectiveness, and the findings show that "Interesting," "Simple," "Familiar, "Recognizable," "Concrete," and "Close(semantic distance)" are the key features that influence users' perception and preference of COVID-19 icon design. The results of this study can be used as the basis for designing and improving publicity icons for preventive measures in COVID-19, and the methods adopted in this study can be applied to evaluate other types of icon design.
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
(Copyright: © 2024 Lujie et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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