Interaction Design

29 March

Topics

Social; Structure charette

Projects

• Present Website Structure

Reading (for this class)

• Information Architecture: Blueprints for the Web, Ch. 9 (Architecting Social Spaces)

22 March

Topics

Experiences

Projects

• Present progress on Website Structure

Reading (for this class)

• Documenting Design
• Start on Information Architecture: Blueprints for the Web, Ch. 9 (Architecting Social Spaces)

15 March

(Spring break)

8 March

Topics

Navigation; experiences (PDF)

Projects

• Present research for Website Structure

Reading (for this class)

• Information Architecture: Blueprints for the Web, Ch. 8

1 March

Topics

IA and navigation (plan)

Projects

• Present final Process
• Start Structure

Reading (for this class)

• Information Architecture: Blueprints for the Web, Ch. 8

23 February

Topics

IA and navigation

Projects

• Near-final work on Process

Reading (for this class)

• Information Architecture: Blueprints for the Web, Ch. 3

From class

• Slide deck

16 February

Topics

Website organization; card-sorting

Reading (for this class)

• Norman, Design of Everyday Things, Ch. 2

Shown in class

• haptic thermometer
• Evaluating facial expressions
• 2003 NYT article on the design of the iPod

9 February

Topics

Scenarios; Usability testing

Due

Reading (for this class)

• Norman, Design of Everyday Things, Ch. 1
• The fold exists but does it matter?
• FastCo: 5 Ways That Android Is Trying To Break The Mobile UI Paradigm (optional)

Shown in class

• IxDA Awards 2012
• IDEO Human-Centered Design Toolkit
• NYT: Multiple monitors and multitaskers

2 February

Topics

Personas; Scenarios

Projects

• Present Guided Tour

Reading (for this class)

• What Will Our (Future) Interfaces Look Like
• Bret Victor, A Brief Rant on the Future of Interaction Design
• Start on Norman, Design of Everyday Things, Ch. 1 if available

From class

• Personas from class (ZIP)

26 January

Topics

Prototyping (bring pen and markers, scissors or x-acto knives, and tape)

Due (for this class)

• Exchange Guided Tour

From class

• NYT: Ringing Finally Ended, But There's No Button to Stop Shame
• John Gruber on the mute switch incident
• Mahler's Symphony No. 9
• Redesigning the Country Selector (using smarter autocomplete)

Projects

• Start Process (PDF)

19 January

Topics

Introduction

From class

• “Rhetoric, the art of organizing the world of words to maximum effect. Design, the art of organizing the world of things.”
  (Elizabeth Coleman – TED, AIGA)

Projects

• Start Guided Tour (PDF)