current art and design courses

Okay, I myself have had some fairly harsh words about the idea that point + click == interactive, but we have to start somewhere. It looks like that somewhere for us will be simple Flash, HTML, and/or—believe it or not—Powerpoint (Hey, David Byrne ♥s it, so it can’t be all bad, right?).
So here’s a […]

Interface Design “How does it work?”
(Feature List due 02/01/07)
(Interface Flowchart due 02/08/07)
(Interface Mock-Up due 02/15/07)

Deliverables:
First—develop a printed list of features.
Second—a graphic map/flowchart of the device’s user interface showing
each screen (or “state” if there is no screen) that the device is capable of, and how each is linked to the other.
Third—produce a mock-up of the interface […]

Concept Board “What should my design feel like?”
(due 01/25/07)
Deliverable: a 24”x36” physical collaged concept board (illustration or foam-core).
Be sure to scan or photograph your board at a decent resolution (say, 800×1200 pixels) for future reference.
Tools: Magazines/original photos, print-outs from the Web, scissors, X-Acto knife, glue sticks, etc.
Concept generation: Gather images that express the […]

GDIII Folks…
We’ll read and discuss this brief article by Tim Rohr in class next Tuesday (01/23/07):
Metaphors we compute by: bringing magic into interface design
http://philosophy.uoregon.edu/metaphor/gui4web.htm

Market Research “What’s out there now?”
due 01/18/07
Deliverable: an informal 5-10 minute individual presentation of your research results (this should be a “no-design” (just get it together quickly) text and image mash-up in some projector-friendly format (PowerPoint, Impress, Keynote, Photoshop (PDF Presentation), or a series of Web pages or blog entries). Bring it on […]

Engadget has all the juicy pictures…