Proposta de um estudo metacrítico em um projeto de design de interfaces

Abstract

The interfaces — relationship/interaction between the human and the computer — began to be associated with the user's freedom. As a design material product, this work seeks to highlight, in a critical way, the scope assumed by these digital objects, which keep dubious contours in the cut they make of the individual with the virtual. Thus, the central objective is to critically analyze the role of the designer during the development of a graphical interface that aims to influence the interaction between the interface and the user. For this purpose, a prototype of a government services portal was developed. The project guidelines for its development were based on the methodology provided by James Garret (2011) from a speculative design point of view. More than focusing on the product, the limits were stretched to show the consequences of the choices made in its development. Design decisions were tested and perceived not as mere choices, but for what they might entail — in their positive or negative aspects. We believe that the work goes towards defending the urgency of reflecting on the creative process of designers towards society.