Overlapping Disciplines of UED

Dan Saffer's website kickerstudio.com

PROJECT 1: Craigslist Redesign

Please redesign craiglist to look as if it were designed by a canonical 20th Century Designer from this linked list: http://www.pixelcola.net/designer-list-20th.html

Please redesign three pages: the home page and two internal pages. Redesign each page twice, once for landscape/desktop (990 x 700) and once for portrait/tablet (1024 x 664) orientation for a total of six designs. (http://designfestival.com/designing-for-the-web-resolution-and-size/)


This design should be done using PHOTOSHOP and ILLUSTRATOR, NOT a web design program.

These designs will be due Thursday, January 19th, posted to your blog.

for Tuesday, January 17th

Please read chapter two from our textbook, designing for interactions, by Dan Saffer.
Please also post the following to your blogs:
List and define Four Approaches to Design as described in chapter two.
*For each approach, please also post one image that in some way signifies or represents the definition. (This means you will post a total of four images)

Also please be prepared to watch lynda.com videos as part of your homework assignment for Thursday, January 19th as we will begin to work with FLASH on Tuesday.

LOADING an EXTERNAL SWF (by button)

var myLoader1:Loader=new Loader ();

squBtn1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, swf1content);

function swf1content(myevent1:MouseEvent):void {

var myURL1:URLRequest=new URLRequest("YourMovie.swf");

myLoader1.load(myURL1);

addChild(myLoader1);

}

cirBtn1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, unloadSwf1content);

function unloadSwf1content(myevent5:MouseEvent):void {

removeChild(myLoader1);

}

LOADING an EXTERNAL SWF (by frame)

var req2:URLRequest = new URLRequest("YourMovie.swf");

var loader2:Loader = new Loader();

loader2.x = 50

loader2.y = 100

loader2.load(req2);

addChild(loader2);

PROJECT NEXT:

PORTFOLIO SITE FOR A MODERN DESIGN GROUP

We will be building a FLASH portfolio site designed in the style of an artist/designer from the following linked list:
http://www.pixelcola.net/designer-list-20th.html

Your site must contain a minimum of three artists/designers associated with any particular group, with a minimum of three works from each artist. A little research will show several artists in each of the groups listed, even in groups that have but one designer listed.

ADJUSTMENT to MIDTERM (due Friday, March 11)

ADJUSTMENT to MIDTERM (due Friday, March 11)

The following should be posted to your pixelcola site, linked off your index page.
Due posted to your site by Friday, March 11:
Finished:
1. Anagram
2. Mandala
3. illustrator button instance map (converted to .jpg, place on .html page)
4. ALL BLOGPOSTS for the first 3 chapters of Designing for Interaction
In Progress:
4. 4321
5. TRAVEL and CHOICE character from #5 moving through a site based on #4
(including character moving with motion tween and classic tween)
(site should be a saved variation on 4321 with the same code and an imported swf)