http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/designing_for_real_people_additional_lessons_for_web_design_from_mall_and_retail_design Fri, 26 Jan 2007 14:52:24 GMT Just as a vacation in an unfamiliar culture can build a new sense of resolve and purpose upon the return home, this &ldquo;visit&rdquo; to malls and retailing can help reinvigorate you and your work and give you new ideas and sources of inspiration. <p>The attempt to map real mall experience to online e-mall experience is noteworthy, but I must say the results are quite futile.</p> <p>The observations and patterns that have been made are alright, but the recommendations for an online shopping mall is nothing but very general recommendations which do not valuably map to the comparisons made.</p> <p>The recommendations and mappings are too generic. &#8220;On the safe side&#8221; so to speak.</p> http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/designing_for_real_people_additional_lessons_for_web_design_from_mall_and_retail_design#content_2454 http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/designing_for_real_people_additional_lessons_for_web_design_from_mall_and_retail_design#content_2454 Fri, 26 Jan 2007 14:52:24 GMT Cheryl Fuerte