INLS 180 Day 18 Notes
Main Points
New media must balance
efficiency with aesthetics
Shape of screen strongly
constrains design
Web design is art as well as
engineering
Information intensive design
Websites communicate
Culture, experience, and
preferences affect perception of design
Design ‘sense’ and styles
change over time and technology
Questions
Can we create a mapping of
design factors to messages and groups [an engineering handbook]
How to incorporate physical
and conceptual curves into design?
How do you get Yahoo to
notice your site? [good stuff, controversial stuff,
unique stuff]
Why don’t we have
standardized templates for web design?
How is IA affected by tools,
infrastructures?
Has the mass media taken over
the internet original dreams/visions?
Who can compete with google?
How do companies/orgs decide
what styles to use/messages to communicate?
Do websites in non-western
cultures have less rectangular styles?
Why do sites use small fonts?
2. Information architecture PP
slides
3. Discuss Rosenfeld
4. One-minute paper
What was the big point you learned in class today?
What is the main, unanswered question you leave class
with today?