Addressing the Mapping Problem in Sonic Information Design through Embodied Image Schemata, Conceptual Metaphors, and Conceptual Blending

Sonic information design refers to the application of design research, as defined by Trygve Faste and Haakon Faste in 2012, to sonification, an auditory display technique in which data is mapped to non-speech sound for the purpose of representation or communication. In this context, design research is taken to involve “the process of knowledge production that occurs through the act of design” (Faste and Faste 2012). Where visual information design is generally concerned with the presentation of information in a manner that can be effectively and efficiently understood (Horn 1999), sonic information design "pays particular attention to user experience including physical, cognitive, emotional, and aesthetic issues; the relationship between form, function, and content; and emerging concepts such as fun, playfulness and design futures" (Barrass and Worrall 2016).