| 01 (24 Aug) |
(mon) Introduction; Syllabus; (wed) Team options |
(mon) Design thinking exercise |
Intro |
(mon) e1 draw a face + 2 examples of good design |
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| 02 (31 Aug) |
(mon, wed) Background radiation |
(mon) Triangles; (wed) Open / close transition |
Background radiation |
(mon) m1 proj focus |
Rogers et al. (2023) (ch 1-3) |
(fri) e1 draw a face + 2 examples of good design |
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| 03 (07 Sep) (Labor Day, no class Monday) |
(wed) Audience |
(wed) Crazy eights |
Audience |
(wed) e2 picking up a key + 2 examples of good design |
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(sun) m1 proj focus |
crazyEights.mp4 (Crazy eights demonstration) |
| 04 (14 Sep) |
(mon, wed) Contextual inquiry |
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Contextual inquiry |
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Holtzblatt et al. (2005) (ch 3-5) |
(fri) e2 picking up a key + 2 examples of good design |
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| 05 (21 Sep) |
(mon) Personas; (wed) Guest speaker: Hanna Melo Fugulin, American Foundation for the Blind |
(mon) AI personas |
Personas |
(mon) m2 contextual inquiry |
Cooper et al. (2014) (ch 1-3) |
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| 06 (28 Sep) |
(mon) Scenarios; (wed) Guest speaker: Daniel Pogue, ExxonMobil |
(mon) In-class storyboards; (wed) Extreme emphasis |
Scenarios |
(mon) e3 widget redesign + 2 examples of good design |
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(fri) m2 contextual inquiry; (sat) m2 peer eval |
extremeEmphasis.mov (Extreme emphasis monologue) |
| 07 (05 Oct) |
(mon, wed) Prototyping |
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Prototyping |
(mon) m3 personas |
Dodson (2006) (ch 1-3) |
(fri) e3 widget redesign + 2 examples of good design |
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| 08 (12 Oct) |
(mon, wed) Personal information |
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Personal information |
(mon) e4 record interaction + 2 examples of good design |
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(fri) m3 personas |
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| 09 (19 Oct) |
(mon, wed) Information |
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Information |
(mon) m4 scenarios |
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(fri) e4 record interaction + 2 examples of good design |
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| 10 (26 Oct) |
(mon, wed) Information design patterns |
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Information design patterns |
(mon) e5 ambient notification + 2 examples of good design |
Tidwell et al. (2020) |
(fri) m4 scenarios |
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| 11 (02 Nov) |
(mon) Finding information; (wed) Navigating information |
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Finding information |
(mon) e6 corporate directory + 2 examples of good design |
Rosenfeld et al. (2015) (ch 1-3) |
(sun) e5 ambient notification + 2 examples of good design |
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| 12 (09 Nov) |
(mon, wed) Visualization |
(mon) Bertin exercise |
Visualization |
(mon) e7 captions + 2 examples of good design |
Wilkinson (2005), Bertin (2011) |
(fri) e6 corporate directory + 2 examples of good design |
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| 13 (16 Nov) |
(mon, wed) Visual demos |
(wed) Robert Johnson page |
Visual demos |
(mon) m5 prototype |
Tufte2003.pdf (Tufte) |
(fri) e7 captions + 2 examples of good design |
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| 14 (30 Nov) |
(mon, wed) Conclusion |
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Conclusion |
(mon) e8 Thousand Floor Elevator + 2 examples of good design |
Kolko (2025) |
(fri) m5 prototype |
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| 15 (07 Dec) |
(mon) Presentations; Last class day; Final exam period Fri 11 Dec, 1-3PM |
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(mon) e8 Thousand Floor Elevator + 2 examples of good design; (tue) final peer eval; (fri) final exam |
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