RETRACTED ARTICLE: User Experience–Driven Design of a Digital Bamboo Weaving Interface for Intangible Cultural Heritage Preservation
Abstract
Most existing digital platforms for Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) suffer from low user engagement, limited interactivity, and insufficiently emotional or immersive content, factors that hinder their potential to sustain and promote traditional crafts. This study designs and evaluates a culturally informed bamboo weaving interface for ICH by integrating the Garrett User Experience (UX) Model with selected visual communication principles. Specifically, the prototype employed brown and green color schemes to evoke the organic texture of bamboo, high-contrast layouts to enhance legibility, and symbolic iconography to reinforce cultural meaning. A quantitative research design incorporating design-based evaluation was adopted. Interface prototypes were developed using the Garrett UX Model, emphasizing visual communication factors such as color, spatial hierarchy, contrast, layout, and symbolism. A survey measuring four user experience dimensions, value, reliability, usability, and satisfaction, was distributed to 200 participants, yielding 156 fully completed responses. User interactions with the prototypes were analyzed to assess the impact of design features on experience and engagement. The findings revealed that UX-informed design significantly enhanced user interaction with ICH materials, resulting in high levels of satisfaction and usability. The Garrett UX Model proved effective in guiding the development of culturally responsive digital interfaces. This research advances the field of cultural computing by offering a systematic methodology for designing user-centered digital interfaces that contribute to ICH preservation. The results underscore the importance of structured UX models and visual communication principles in digital heritage design, providing practical insights for future ICH-related platforms and applications. Unlike previous ICH digital projects that applied generic usability principles without a formal UX framework, often resulting in limited cultural depth or user-centered focus, this study uniquely applies Garrett’s UX Model to integrate cultural symbolism with systematic interface design, offering a more rigorous and transferable approach to digital heritage development.
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