Week 14
Topics: Final Presentations
Week 13
Topics: Bring in files for final project to work in class, Using Flash as prototyping tool, in-class studio time
Week 12
Topics: In-class studio time, Using Flash to build interfaces Studio Experiment: Using Flash as prototyping tool.
Week 11
Topics: Smart Applications and Clever Devices, Using Flash to build interfaces Studio Experiment: Create a “sketch” of an interface of a mobile app for your final website project. Think about the features of Smart Applications and Clever Devices. (*See the notes below) You may also want to include some aspect of “social” or “new” media. [...]
Week 10
Topics: Interaction Design Basics, Mobile Web: What are current best practices?, Mobile Critiques, What is Social Media? Studio Experiment: Create a “sketch” of an interface for the web project (home page only) for your final project. Think about how the website is used and ways in which you can create a “simple, compelling mobile web [...]
Week 09
Week 09 Topics: Midterm Project Critiques: present website prototype Project: If you haven’t already done so, finish documenting your design process for the midterm project (see notes below) and be sure to have this completed by our next class Wednesday, November 11.
Week 08
Week 08 Topics: Building website prototype: more XHTML markup, CSS, in-class studio time Studio Demonstration: AP divs, Tables and CSS
Week 07
Topics: Building website prototype: Image optimization for Web, image slicing, CSS, more XHTML markup Studio Demonstration: AP divs, Tables and CSS Project: Continue working on midterm project. Bring in your work next week. We will have studio time in class on Wednesday, October 28.
Week 06
Topics: Midterm Project assignment, Design Comps/Mock-ups, Wireframes, Prototyping, Prototyping Tools, Web Graphic Formats, Dreamweaver Intro. Studio Experiment: Using HTML as prototyping tool. HTML & CSS exercise Project: Choose client for your midterm project and be prepared to discuss next week. Update process blog and make sure you have added your most recent navigation project. Watch [...]
Week 05
Topics: Visual Design for Web and Interaction: typography, Web fonts, color, material and shape. Studio Experiment: The specification for the project is to take one of the designs you have created so far and to focus on the design of the navigation. For this project you will need to work on the design of the [...]