soongsil university / the Global School of Media

2014 Spring
On Design : Design for New Media

 

Week 1 introduction of the class

03.04, 06*

*no class on 06

 

what to do today
  • get the required texts reserved in the library
Week 2 The Artist's Body is a Virtual Screen

03.11, 13

  • Gerald Pryor's Workshop
  • @507
  • 1:30-3:30
  • mandatory until 2:45
Week 3 1. New Media and Interaction Design/ 2. Design and Technology

03.18, 20

 

  • new media, new design
  • new media
  • interaction design
  • The past, the present, the future
  • ppt 1
  • Conventional media
  • shifting to the internet
  • the paradigm shift
  • design and technology
  • a design vocabulary
  • ppt 2
Week 4 3. Text

03.25, 27

  • scannable text
  • writing consistent text
  • text length
  • links and meta-information
  • other meta-information
  • text and interaction
  • different languages
  • writing for changing content
  • ppt 3
Week 5 4. Layout

04.01. 03

  • plain text
  • text with properties
  • listing and grouping
  • link layout
  • layout for structure
  • screeen positioning
  • graphic material
  • designing layout for change
  • ppt 4
Week 6 5. Icons

04.08, 10

  • advantages of icons
  • disadvantages of icons
  • designing single icons, icon sets
  • icons or text?
  • ppt 5
Week 7 6. Sound

04.15, 17

  • sound versus graphics
  • sound in the real-world
  • sound technology
  • sound design
  • using speech in new media
  • sound and speech as primary interaction
  • ppt 6
  • *team project: DDP: 1. visit DDP as 5-6 person-group, then, 2. choose the group's interest as an element (path, material, light, whatever you want), 3. make a short report on it.(ppt, doc, hp, movie, whatever you want: due: May 7th 3pm. send the report or link to me (dryoon@maat.kr).
Week 8 mid-examination period

04.22*, 24*
*no class on 22, 24

  • mid-term exam
Week 9 7. Color

04.29, 05.01

  • light
  • perception of light
  • color effects
  • text and color
  • color associations
  • color in design
  • ppt 7
Week 10 8. Video and Animation

05.06*, 08
*no class on 06

Week 11 9. Goals, Audience and Scope (GAS)

05.13, 15

  • goals
  • audience
  • scope
  • ppt 9
Week 12 10. Contexts

05.20, 22

  • the physical context
  • the user's context
  • other contexts
  • ppt 10
Week 13 11. User Models

05.27, 29

  • user models
  • when it goies wrong, right
  • ppt 11
Week 14 12.Feedback

06.03, 05

  • four-week feedback
  • feedback and user models
  • feedback in new media
  • designing feedback
  • problems with feedback
  • trust
  • ppt 12
Week 15 13. Structure

06.10, 12

  • structure and navigation
  • standard structures
  • which structure to use?
  • other structural issues
  • structure and content, which comes first?
  • ppt 13
  • ppt 14: 14. Navigation
Week 16 final term examination priod

06.17*, 19*

*no class

  • final-term exam