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Daily Astorian User Centered Considerations View more presentations from basementcat Above is my presentation regarding the users of The Daily Astorian’s Online Interface. There are many aspects to consider when designing an interface and Tim will continue to emphasize research. Ask the people. He says that these people will tell you something very surprising. We…
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Today Tom briefly outlined the history of package design starting from Egyptian amphorae and ending on Wonder bread. He mentioned how church interiors blow people’s minds, making a connection with the aesthetic of luxury—gold plated scepters and high vaulted ceilings—and authority. When making your designs, show that you are the authority on it. Make it…
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I took the above picture last Sunday. I keep having software dreams. Last week I had a dream about text wrap. Today we learned how to make multiples in InDesign using the arrows and polygon tool (command if you want to give them more room—yay for gutters), and it made me think I’ll have a…
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New Media’s First Assignment of the Quarter, due in 3 weeks Informational Video 1-3 min. 90 sec, ideal. Program featured: SCCC’s informational technology department, which includes web design, operating systems (cisco) and networking. The pitch: Project: Information Overload: Information Technology at SCCC Description: Journey of students and teachers, connections they make, the tools they use.…
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(Pictured above: three of the 20 sticker designs– work in progress. This post will be updated as more of the sticker designs are complete.) The working title for these stickers has been called LSD stickers. Some friends and I were talking about the LSD scare with stickers. (Crazed man was giving stickers laced with LSD…
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User Centered Design (UCD) is where the designer thinks of the user, the main focus being functionality. Tim (the teacher) discussed Information Architecture and research. Every great design molds the user’s experience, streamlining processes and giving order and priority to important information. The main theme of today’s class was research. What do you know about…
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The most important thing when approaching a program you aren’t familiar with is to show it who is boss. Today Hoppe ran through the basics of InDesign showing firstly that you must set your preferences in the program to give yourself more control over what you are doing: change the defaults. Set your workspace to…
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