NYU Tandon School of Engineering | Integrated Design & Media | Grad
Summary The writer use iFloor as an example to discuss how to design a specific research topic. Then the book clarifies the concept between industrial design and interaction design. Well, for the rest of the part. I don’t find valuable information seems good to be discussed
Summary Chapters 4 introduces basic concept of comics, such as how to control time in comics how to use frames how to use motion lines to represent animation Chapter 6 discusses more about the relationship between pictures and words. The writer mentions that as time passed the relationship between pictures and words are gradually separated,… Read more DM-GY 6053 R7 Understand Comics
Paper prototyping: Chapter 1 by Carolyn Snyder Summary The writer briefly introduces the usage, benefits, and functionality of using paper prototyping to make UI/UX designs in advance. Takeaway Paper prototyping is good for Concepts and terminology Navigation/workflow Content Page layout Functionality Paper prototyping is NOT good for Technical feasibility Download time or other response time Scrolling… Read more DM-GY 6053 R6 Paper prototyping
Part 1 Object Selection Inspiration At the beginning of this project, I tried to think about projects that were important to me. There is nothing in the material world that is of great emotional value to me. All of my belongings: clothes, shoes, computer, and backpack, are mostly functional to me. I pay little attention… Read more DM-GY 6053 Time Capsule
Elizabeth Chin, My Life With Things (Pgs 37-41) Summary The author tells two stories. The first story is that when the author tells her daughter what to do, she discovers to her horror that, in many ways, she is teaching her daughter to feel love for things, rather than recognizing them herself. The second story… Read more DM-GY 6053 R5 My Life With Things
Music games Music games are a broad category. It has a wide range of interactive media. Traditional Categories Arcade Game Arcade music games have a long history. Basically, the game is completed by pressing certain buttons to follow the beat. Jubeat MaiMai Taiko Drum Master Video Game There are a lot of music games, which… Read more DM-GY 6053 Redesigning Affordances
Sherry Turkle, Evocative Objects Summary The first three chapters of this book emphasize the object that hosts your memory. Rather than tools like computers or machines, the object is the real, physical stuff that is the carrier of your childhood inner activity. The writer uses the cello as an example to illustrate how this object… Read more DM-GY 6053 R5 Evocative Objects
Nothing About Us Without Us, Design Justice Chapter 2, by Sasha Costanza-Chock Summary This chapter introduces the different practices of Design Justice during the design and development process of a product. Include: Avoid white supremacy. Embrace a work team with diverse backgrounds. Co-creation. The development team should collaborate more with the community. Avoid building user… Read more DM-GY 6053 R4 Nothing About Us Without Us, Design Justice
Endangered Animal Kiwi Bird Kiwi bird is the national bird of New Zealand. Is is recognized as an icon of New Zealand, and the association is so strong that the term “Kiwi” is used internationally as the colloquial demonym for New Zealanders. Biological Characteristic Kiwi bird has adaptation to the terrestrial life. The vestigial wings… Read more DM-GY 6053 Endangered Animal – Kiwi
Bret Victor, A Brief Rant on the Future of Interaction Design Summary This rant (not solution, specifically), raises a question worth exploring: Will our future be built on thin means of interaction, or should we design more interactions that engage the full range of human senses? The article illustrates through the large number of physical… Read more DM-GY 6053 R3 A Brief Rant on the Future of Interaction Design