Junior Studio, fall 2013

DM2280B spring 2013 · Corcoran College of Art + Design
Instructor: David Ramos alberto_ramos@corcoran.edu

Schedule

Reading assignments are listed under the class when they are due. Plan to work on a project steadily, each week, until the project is complete.

Jump to next class

9 Sept.

Topics

  • Introduction
  • Developing ideas: prototyping

Projects

16 Sept.

Topics

  • Round wheels work best: the basic parts of interactive systems

Reading

Projects

23 Sept.

Topics

  • On deadline: DPS publishing and navigation

Downloads

30 Sept.

Topics

  • Bells and whistles: interactivity in DPS

Reading

  • Don’t Make Me Think, Ch. 1

7 Oct.

Topics

  • Quick introduction to personas and scenarios
  • More DPS

Reading

Downloads

14 Oct.

Topics

  • Designing for people: personas and scenarios

21 Oct.

Topics

  • You are not the user: usability testing

Projects

28 Oct.

Topics

  • Semantic typography: HTML and CSS

Reading

Projects

  • Start Tools for the Common Good

Downloads

4 Nov.

Topics

  • Give it a push and it keeps going: website layouts and generative systems

Reading

Downloads

11 Nov.

Topics

  • Hansel and Gretel: navigation systems

Reading

  • Don’t Make Me Think, Ch. 6

18 Nov.

Topics

  • Everything in its place: information architecture
  • Links and images in HTML

Reading

  • Emotional Design, Ch. 1

Projects

  • History: show 2–3 refined design concepts
  • Election: show 2–3 refined concepts for ballot screens; have sketches or diagrams explaining your idea for the other component

From class

25 Nov.

Topics

  • Pocket-size Internet: thinking about mobile

Projects

  • History: show one page in HTML/CSS; finish gathering images
  • Election: develop design; show flowchart for ballot

2 Dec.

Topics

  • Ensuring an inclusive society: accessibility

Reading

Projects

  • History: show HTML/CSS for all types of pages; finish writing
  • Election: develop design

9 Dec.

Topics

  • Semi-final critique
  • Work in class and advice

Projects

  • History: show semi-final site in HTML/CSS
  • Election: show semi-final versions of all design documents

16 Dec.

Topics

  • Final critique

Projects

  • History: show final website
  • Election: show final design documents, assembled into booklet
  • Final revisions to projects are due at 5:00 pm on Tuesday, 17 December.