Week 5 Notes – Tu

Visual Design

“Design can be art. Design can be aesthetics. Design is so simple, that’s why it is so complicated.” —Paul Rand, 1997 (tip)

• Discussion Leaders – Group 2
  • Chloe (article, ppt, youtube)
  • Luke (article, ppt)
  • Vaun (article, ppt)
• Lecture/Workshop
• Your Drafts
• Feedback on story drafts
• Group work
• NEXT WEEK: WE START AT 6 PM! (our guest speaker has to catch a 6.50 bus)
• Group 3 leads discussion next week – remember reading assignments&questions

An infographical movie about Google’s “Master Plan.” See website for textual presentation of information; credits. (tip)

Workshop

Visual Design Examples

• From Cow to Cone (text version), Ben & Jerry’s
• LivesConnected (flash, linear, multi-media)
• MSNBC MultiMedia
• MSNBC Interactive (FactFile1)
• MSNBC Interactive (FactFile2)
• MSNBC Interactive (Flu)
• MSNBC Interactive (Katrina)
• Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority
• Patagonia – Environmental Activism
• Riot Breaks Out In Indiana Prison
• Two Marketing/Web Consultancies: Erickson v Cyberwoven
• Unstuck (book promo site)
• WSJ Promo (flash – very linear)

Student Draft Stories
Tonight we’re reviewing the “three above you” (from Z to A, not from A to Z)

• Barrie – (proposal) Group 1
• Chloe – Group 2
  
• Kaichen- Group 3
  
• Kevin – Group 4
  
• Kristina – Group 1
  
• Luke – (proposal) Group 2
  
• Magnus – Group 3
  
• Stephanie – Group 4
  
• Tony – Group 1
  
• Vaun- Group 2

Resources

• AIGA Design Archives
• AIGA Journal of Interactive Design Education
• Avoid Metaphors (a generalization)
• Design Interact
• Finding Information on the Web: Does Whitespace Matter?
• Foundations of Design & Typography
• Getty Images Stock Photography
• Information Aesthetics
• Interface and Interaction Design, Web Navigation: Designing the User Experience, Ch 5
• International Design Magazine
• iStock Photo
• Notes on Visual and Interaction Design
• Reading Online Text: A Comparison of Four WhiteSpace Layouts
• SimpleBits
• UX Matters
• Where Visual Design Meets Usability