Please post ANY issues you are having here in the comments. Also, email me any pertinent files want me to look at. I can solve most of your HTML and CSS issues fairly easily, Action Scripting in Flash will take expert advice which I'm working on bringing in.
Be as detailed and clear as possible in your descriptions of problems and good luck!
Friday, February 29, 2008
Deliverables Next Week
As discussed in class, here's what's expected...
For Monday and Friday, be sure to keep working on your site development, also create the following two exercises.
Monday Mar 3: Self-Portrait
Using our circle format, create a self-portrait that will be used on a top level splash page which will serve as a launch pad to your individual sites. This should be in the media of your own choosing with no formal restrictions. It should however occupy the aesthetic-realm/visual-world of your degree project.
Friday March 7: Video Statement or Interview
Describe the intention and ideas of your degree project in a video interview or project statement. You can use your degree project design question and sub-questions as a guide. Be succinct and clear and don't be too stiff.
Use your a digital camera or built-in laptop cam (a strong light source would be a good idea, test angles and positions) and iMovie to film yourself. You can present your statement alone, pair up with a classmate to perform an interview, or use graphics or text to show questions or main points. iMovie has simple editing techniques you can try out. If using your laptop, don’t just sit in front of the camera at your usual working angle to film, raise it up,or down, rotate it, move it around.
Embed a Quicktime video either in Flash or on an HTML page and put on your CAS Sites server for viewing.
For Monday and Friday, be sure to keep working on your site development, also create the following two exercises.
Monday Mar 3: Self-Portrait
Using our circle format, create a self-portrait that will be used on a top level splash page which will serve as a launch pad to your individual sites. This should be in the media of your own choosing with no formal restrictions. It should however occupy the aesthetic-realm/visual-world of your degree project.
Friday March 7: Video Statement or Interview
Describe the intention and ideas of your degree project in a video interview or project statement. You can use your degree project design question and sub-questions as a guide. Be succinct and clear and don't be too stiff.
Use your a digital camera or built-in laptop cam (a strong light source would be a good idea, test angles and positions) and iMovie to film yourself. You can present your statement alone, pair up with a classmate to perform an interview, or use graphics or text to show questions or main points. iMovie has simple editing techniques you can try out. If using your laptop, don’t just sit in front of the camera at your usual working angle to film, raise it up,or down, rotate it, move it around.
Embed a Quicktime video either in Flash or on an HTML page and put on your CAS Sites server for viewing.
Sub Domains
We now have dezynorama.com at our disposal.
Please send me your preferred subdomain name, like this:
potassiumconcentrate.dezynorama.com
Please send me your preferred subdomain name, like this:
potassiumconcentrate.dezynorama.com
Thursday, February 28, 2008
CAS Server
The files you place on the CAS server will be viewable from a browser (on campus only) at:
http://cas.kcai.edu:16080/~username/
UPDATE: The files should be placed in your "Sites" folder. Sorry for any confusion.
http://cas.kcai.edu:16080/~username/
UPDATE: The files should be placed in your "Sites" folder. Sorry for any confusion.
Monday, February 25, 2008
Microsite Deliverables for Friday Feb 29
Please have a functioning entry and content page example ready for Friday. Put them on your CAS server "Sites" folder for browser viewing on campus. Look for more updates in this space. Soon.
Friday, February 22, 2008
Microsite Deliverables for Monday Feb 25
Please have discussed revisions as well as content and navigation examples ready for class on Monday. Those with demos should present them.
Reading for Monday Feb 25
Please read Helfand essay The Dynamics of Choice and the Death of Hierarchy for Monday. I'm sure you all have the book by now.
Monday, February 18, 2008
Microsite Deliverables for Friday Feb 22
Choosing your most viable ideas (based on your design goals and technical considerations/aptitude) finalize your preferred sitemap and create a wireframe of your content areas, both in Illustrator or InDesign. Design 3 variations of your main entry point using Photoshop or Illustrator or whatever tools you are comfortable using for screen design. Save all design files as jpegs in the order you wish to present them (i.e. takach_entry_01.jpg) in and email them to me. Print out sitemaps and content wireframes and bring to class.
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Dematerialization of Screen Space
Please read the Jessica Helfand's essay (on the right). Since I'm so late posting, read this before Monday's class and comment on it here.
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Sitemaps, Sketches & Domain Names
As discussed in class, here's the project sheet for the next step due Friday and an additional project sheet for Monday (need your ideas by Sunday noon) relating to our microsite domain name. After your reactions to my obviously lame designdock.org, I've decided to let you come up with something better, if you can.
Friday Feb 15
P1.20 Degree Microsite: Planning & Sitemapping
Send by Sunday Feb 17 at high noon (comment here or email)
P1.30 Degree Microsite: Domain Name
Friday Feb 15
P1.20 Degree Microsite: Planning & Sitemapping
Send by Sunday Feb 17 at high noon (comment here or email)
P1.30 Degree Microsite: Domain Name
Friday, February 8, 2008
The Long Now
Brian Eno coined the term "The Long Now" and is one of the founding members of this group who promotes long-term thinking. Their main project is the creation of a clock (designed by Daniel Hillis) which should run for 10,000 years. I remembered this project while we discussed "One, Two, Three, Faux" and believe it's a good counter-point to the idea of acclerated time and should also have relevance for many of your degree projects. Read the article (in the reading list on the sidebar) and interview from Dot Dot Dot 7 , comment here, and be ready to discuss in class on Monday, Feb 11.
Sunday, February 3, 2008
TED Talks: Ideas Worth Spreading
As you noticed in class, I was a bit taken aback that no one knew about TED Talks! Here's what it's all about (from the site):
TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from those three worlds. Since then its scope has become ever broader.
The annual conference now brings together the world's most fascinating thinkers and doers, who are challenged to give the talk of their lives (in 18 minutes).
The TED Talks website has over 200 of the best presentations and they add more every week. Be sure to check out John Maeda's "Simplicity Patterns", Ze Frank's "What's So Funny About the Web", Rives "If I Controlled the Internet".
TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from those three worlds. Since then its scope has become ever broader.
The annual conference now brings together the world's most fascinating thinkers and doers, who are challenged to give the talk of their lives (in 18 minutes).
The TED Talks website has over 200 of the best presentations and they add more every week. Be sure to check out John Maeda's "Simplicity Patterns", Ze Frank's "What's So Funny About the Web", Rives "If I Controlled the Internet".
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