07.theory & practice in the design of SILS interfaces on the web, on the phone, on the wall

Guest speaker

Aaron Brubaker will speak with us about the process of redesigning the SILS web site. Be prepared to engage in discussion with him about the connection between theoretical concepts of design and the real world of multiple user needs and deadlines

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Required reading

  • Study the current SILS web site to have an informed understanding of what needed to change, why things might have had to change, and how that change might have been effected. Consider again who the potential users of this site may be.
  • Compare it with the SILS web site for a mobile device to have an informed understanding of what needed to change for this particular interface, why things might have had to change, and how that change might have been effected. Consider again who the potential users of this site may be.
  • Then look at the screen in the Manning Hall lobby and consider the content here with the content on the other two places. Consider again who the potential users of this site may be and what their needs might be.

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