System Design of Interactive Products in Urbanism

The article analyses the issue of a systematic approach to the design of digital products that form a modern urban space, forming a “media city”. It is shown that in modern cities digital space plays a key role in the development of the concept of “smart cities”, and digital technologies are increasingly used to solve urban problems and improve the quality of life of citizens. The characteristic features of user interfaces, such as cross-platform and ecosystem, are highlighted and described, as well as the topic of cultural, aesthetic and semantic aspects of design is touched upon. The practical experience of educational design in the field of interactive solutions for the urban environment at the Department of Environmental Design of Stroganov Russian State University of Design and Applied Arts is summarised. Instructional design experiences have been shown to add an experimental approach to systemic problem solving.