Parameters of User Interface Design for Cultural Information Systems: An Interdisciplinary Approach. Part 2: A case study of a cultural promotion strategy based on practices from the Exhibition Design field in combination with the use of Customizable User Interfaces

This article presents a case study of a cultural promotion strategy, based on practices from the Exhibition Design field, in combination with the use of Customizable User Interfaces. It concerns a multimedia exhibition under the title: «Ermou Street: Symbolic, Historical, Economical and Social Centre of Mytilene», presented in the city of Mytilene, Lesvos, for two years. The project was the result of academic and research procedures of the department of Cultural Technology and Communication, of the University of the Aegean, Greece. The presentation of Ermou street, aimed at a systematic approach of economical, social and symbolic centre of diachronic public life at the city of Mytilene, as case study of promotion of the broader cultural assets of the island of Lesvos, using mixed interaction environments which consisted of traditional and contemporary technologically enhanced forms of communication media and in particular, forms of customizable user interfaces according to each given design problem / strategy. The exhibition design was focused on the design of interactive exhibits with a sensorial emphasis on tangibility, proposing in that way novel forms of cultural representation practices.