Definitions
The WIMP format is still the most dominant layout in both desk-top and mobile devices despite many well known drawbacks, such as a lack of immediate overview, the need to frequently switch between different windows and the requirement for physical interaction using a mouse or stylus. The overall aim of this course module is to move away from the WIMP format and explore alternative approaches for visualising screen-based information which draw on other design traditions such as poster design, maps, colloquial graphics and layered information. These approaches attempt to explore a visual structure for interfaces which break the traditional boundaries of GUI design.

The design
This is supposed to be a big screen inside the museum where the users can see different levels of information: if the rooms are crowded, if they are popular, which kind of art is being exhibited, the weather, the time, the upcoming events...