Bach Benjamin, Freeman Euan, Abdul-Rahman Alfie, Turkay Cagatay, Khan Saiful, Fan Yulei, Chen Min
IEEE Trans Vis Comput Graph. 2023 Jan;29(1):342-352. doi: 10.1109/TVCG.2022.3209448. Epub 2022 Dec 16.
This paper introduces design patterns for dashboards to inform dashboard design processes. Despite a growing number of public examples, case studies, and general guidelines there is surprisingly little design guidance for dashboards. Such guidance is necessary to inspire designs and discuss tradeoffs in, e.g., screenspace, interaction, or information shown. Based on a systematic review of 144 dashboards, we report on eight groups of design patterns that provide common solutions in dashboard design. We discuss combinations of these patterns in "dashboard genres" such as narrative, analytical, or embedded dashboard. We ran a 2-week dashboard design workshop with 23 participants of varying expertise working on their own data and dashboards. We discuss the application of patterns for the dashboard design processes, as well as general design tradeoffs and common challenges. Our work complements previous surveys and aims to support dashboard designers and researchers in co-creation, structured design decisions, as well as future user evaluations about dashboard design guidelines. Detailed pattern descriptions and workshop material can be found online: https://dashboarddesignpatterns.github.io.
本文介绍了用于仪表板的设计模式，以指导仪表板设计过程。尽管有越来越多的公开示例、案例研究和通用指南，但令人惊讶的是，针对仪表板的设计指导却很少。这种指导对于激发设计灵感以及讨论诸如屏幕空间、交互或显示信息等方面的权衡是必要的。基于对144个仪表板的系统回顾，我们报告了八组设计模式，这些模式为仪表板设计提供了常见的解决方案。我们在诸如叙事型、分析型或嵌入式仪表板等“仪表板类型”中讨论了这些模式的组合。我们举办了一个为期两周的仪表板设计研讨会，有23名不同专业水平的参与者使用他们自己的数据和仪表板进行工作。我们讨论了模式在仪表板设计过程中的应用，以及一般的设计权衡和常见挑战。我们的工作补充了之前的调查，旨在支持仪表板设计师和研究人员进行共同创作、做出结构化的设计决策，以及未来关于仪表板设计指南的用户评估。详细的模式描述和研讨会材料可在网上找到：https://dashboarddesignpatterns.github.io 。
