Clemens Lango	.
visuos
a visuospatial operating software for knowledge work
(Digital Horizons; Band 2) 2003, XXVI u. 274 Seiten, Brosch. EUR 39,80 ISBN 3-935025-46-7
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Today's knowledge workers have access to practically endless amounts of information resources. However, this information alone is not of use when it cannot be effectively accessed and organized. Today's solutions are a collection of heterogeneous, inconsistent separate environments that are not optimized for efficiency in higher workflows that are typical of knowledge work. visuos is the concept of an operating software for knowledge work. It efficiently covers various forms of access to knowledge spaces, including for example knowledge management, information retrieval/ research/refinement, monitoring of knowledge resources and automation and scheduling of tasks. It is a highly usable system for a broad target group - from novice to expert. Its modular structure allows the user to adapt the system to his specific degree of experience and his individual form of access to knowledge spaces. The modules are integrated by a holistic conceptual model that allows effective workflows with minimum friction. The benefits of the system include a completely novel functionality, new workflows, a maximized target group, higher efficiency and productivity, and a greater degree of user confidence. »visuos - a visuospatial operating software for knowledge work« started off as a research project funded by the DFG (German Research Foundation). It is the doctoral thesis of Dr. Dipl.-Des. Clemens Lango. The Project has been advised by Prof. Dr. Dr. Mihai Nadin, Computational Design/Universität Wuppertal. Further readers: Prof. Dr. Terry Winograd, Computer Science/Stanford University, California, USA; Dr.-Ing. Reinhard Moeller, Dept. of Electrical and Information Engineering/ University of Wuppertal Find more information on the internet at http://www.visuos.com
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Clemens Lango, as an Industrial Design major since 1991, gradually changed from the development of hardware design to the design of interactive devices and the development of embedded software and system design. Parallel to Industrial Design/Computational Design, he has studied Psychology and Communication Design. He pursued his main interests at the Computational Design Program at the University of Wuppertal, where he obtained a MA and Ph.D. and worked as a research assistant. Since 2000 he works as Creative Director at an Internet Agency. His projects received several awards, among them International Audi Design Prize/Audi AG; design competition of the Ministry of Economy and Technology North Rhine-Westphalia/Design Center NRW.
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