Interactive and Creative Environmental Graphics: Towards the Experience of Environmental Aesthetics in Digital Urban Spaces

Environmental aesthetics is a multi-sensory and comprehensive connection with an environment in which human is its natural components. The pleasant, creative, and unlimited aesthetic experience of the environment in urban spaces is rooted in knowing the actual nature of the environment and based on the principle that urban spaces have a kind of perceptual qualities. In fact, an aesthetic experience of centralized environment may lead the person to a deeper understanding of the environment and strengthen the relationship between the individual and the environment. It is important in the future digital city and the urban spaces affected by the elements of information and communication technology, due to the diversity and novelty of perceptual qualities. As research has shown, in future digital cities, the areas in the urban space such as culture and art, education, design and planning, play and entertainment, and social relationships affected by the elements of information technology will have different characteristics. These changes in digital urban spaces lead to a difference in perception, resulting in a different aesthetic experience In comparison to the past. Therefore, this paper, with descriptive-analytic research method, tries to investigate the role and position of interactive environmental graphics (as one of the most influential digital elements) in enriching the experience of environmental aesthetics of citizenry in future urban spaces. After reviewing the literature review and concepts of environmental aesthetics, environmental aesthetics experience, environmental graphics, digital city, and effective elements of information technology in future urban spaces, different aspects of environmental graphics, especially interactive and creative screens are investigated and Strategies are suggested to enhance the environmental aesthetic experience in digital urban spaces.