Volume 21, Issue 17 — May 3, 2023

rAVe ProAV Edition — Volume 21, Issue 17

May 3, 2023 | Volume: 21 | Issue: 17

What do y’all know about interfacing AV? In this column, Nathan Haynes writes about the importance of an interface when it comes to its design and functionality. Why doesn’t every integration firm have a designer on staff, whose job it is to ask the right questions and build the interface for a user. Check out Nathan’s full piece for more.

Our other column this time is from Scott Tiner. He writes about the importance of designing AV based on someone’s observed needs and behavior. What sparked his idea for this column? A walk through the airport.

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Don’t forget that voting is still open for the 2023 rAVe Readers’ Choice Awards! Keep those votes coming, #AVtweeps! It closes on May 24!

— Steph Beckett

COLUMNS

+ Interfacing AV [Nathan Haynes]

Every integration firm out there has a programmer on staff, or at least they have one on contract. Programming is critical to the success of an AV system where a single user touch directs the experience. But often, and in almost all cases, finding an AV integration firm with an artist or graphic designer on the team is very rare. Why is that?

+ Design AV Based on Observed Needs and Behavior [Scott Tiner]

Because of an airline delay, we were in a rush to get to the terminal and knew where to go, so granted, we were not paying a lot of attention. Yet, something was nagging in my head as we walked through the terminal. I knew something was not right or looked different, but I didn’t put in any effort to figure out what it was. About halfway through the terminal I finally took a look at the arrival/departure board and it struck me. All the digital signage had an emergency warning on it. When I say all, I mean ALL the digital signage in the entire terminal. The pictures included here are actual pictures taken from that day.