Interaction Design

1 March

Topics

IA and navigation

Due

• Present final Process

Reading (for this class)

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

23 February

Topics

IA and navigation

Due

• Near-final work on Process

Reading (for this class)

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

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

Due

• 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)

New assignments

• 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)

New assignments

• Guided Tour (PDF)