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The “Star” Interaction Design Summer Schools Framework, N. Schadewitz, P. 'Adler' Jorge, W Moncur, J. Roberts

DRS Biennial Conference Series

This paper outlines the intercultural, collaborative nature of Interaction Design summer schools for PhD and Masters students, while describing the design practices and educational methods utilized in such a context. The authors’ experiences as participants and facilitators in combination with data collected from a questionnaire and design patterns workshops are captured in this paper and reflected upon. In conclusion, a framework for organizing and implementing future Interaction Design academies is proposed.

Graphic Design And Motion Graphics, C Vincent, A Cole, Z Schincariol

DRS Biennial Conference Series

This paper presents an interdisciplinary experiment in Communication Design teaching. It focuses on two moments in the project’s development: print media design and its translation into audiovisual language. We begin experimenting with the expressive possibilities of typography, which add meanings to the transposition of verbal content. Interpretation and sharp perception of typography, in the technical and aesthetics aspects, interfere when generating visual composition. The expressive possibilities increase when motion and sound, which are distinctive aspects of audiovisual language, come into play. We are interested in the creative process that involves translating graphic language into audiovisual language.

Reframing American Democracy: The Role Of Research In The Interpretation Of Redesigned Election Artefacts, E.D. Tunstall

DRS Biennial Conference Series

In November 2000, a poorly designed “butterfly” ballot in Palm Beach County, Florida, of the United States of America, changed election history. From 2001-2005, Design for Democracy, a strategic program of AIGA and UPA, conducted ethnographically based research to redesigned election artifacts, including the ballot. This paper explores the role of research, particularly ethnographic research, in the interpretation of the “meaning” of these redesigned election artifacts within the discourses of American democracy. In particular, it focuses on the discourses of American democracy as framed by the contexts of American professional design organizations, international museums such as the Pompidou Center, and …

Human Centering Design Across Dimensions, B. Hanington

DRS Biennial Conference Series

The uneven application of human centered research and design across disciplines is evident in both practice and education. In particular, graphic or communication design is much less familiar than industrial or interaction design with human research and testing. The underlying human criteria for design activity should know no dimensional boundaries. The creation of printed material to convey information, digital interfaces for devices or web-based interactions, and three-dimensional products and environments, all share a foundation of human use. There is no reason why any design discipline should be disadvantaged in the sensitivity to human factors, and therefore in the exposure to …

Researching The Research Culture In Art & Design: The Art And Design Index To Theses, T Fisher, J Mottram

DRS Biennial Conference Series

The aim of this study is to develop better function and performance for embodiment of electric-powered wheelchair from the aspect of human kansei. Embodiment is the concept which frequently used in robotics or neural science. An embodiment of electric wheelchair is to realize the function which is felt natural like flesh body. We studied it through the two standpoints. One is how it move, the other how we feel (kansei). Kansei is a concept that includes emotion and sensibility. Kansei was defined as an intuitive ability to react and evaluate the values like pleasure and comfort. As we were factoring …

Defending The Domestic Environment From Advertising: The Commercial Rhetoric Art Project, Steven Mccarthy

DRS Biennial Conference Series

Commercial Rhetoric Art Project examines advertising’s impact on the domestic environment through a body of creative work. By applying the methodologies of collage, montage and assemblage, commercial messages were subverted, juxtaposed and recontextualized into a critique of consumer culture. Issues of consumption, waste and sustainability are raised, and the role that graphic designers play in this system is questioned.

What It Takes To Design In The Virtual World, Anthony Williams, Willy Sher, Tom Bellamy, Rod Gameson

DRS Biennial Conference Series

The operational differences which result from using different electronic communication media and its impact on generic design skills have been the basis for the research reported in this paper. The outcome of this research is the development and mapping of generic skills profiles for virtual design teams and the designers who work in them. The research findings also identify changes in generic skills profiles between the traditional mode of team design as well as the different operational states of current and future ICT environments. This paper examines design team activities, processes and skills occurring in co-located environments and links these …

Integrated Descriptive Interactivity For Complex Collections (Idi), Daniel Pinkas, Jean-Louis Boissier, Sidonie Carrillat, Annelore Schneider, Pius Zoll

DRS Biennial Conference Series

IDI (Integrated Descripttive Interactivity for Complex Collections) is a media design research project currently conducted at the Haute école d’arts appliqués, Geneva (HEAA). IDI explores the descriptive potential of interactive video and seeks to integrate video-interactivity into a comprehensive descriptive and documentary approach to complex collections. An integrated descriptive interactivity aims at providing an intuitive account of the user’s relations to the objects or elements of a complex collection. We must emphasize that our project goes well beyond a simple combination of existing media; it seeks a new documentary modality which allows the user to browse through a collection not …

The Status And The Prospects Of Deconstruction In Graphic Design, Dong-Sik Hong, Mijeong Hwang

DRS Biennial Conference Series

Visual communication design has been represented in varied images from ancient society up until the present time. Especially graphic design, which has experienced artistic upheaval from modernism and postmodernism, has been enabled to deliver messages in a more developed and sensuous appearances. Deconstructionist design wasn't well received by modernism, an advocate of practicality and effectiveness; however, as the beginning of subsequent postmodernism, it started to earn a warm welcome from a number of designers. Postmodernism made it possible for deconstruction to be a new paradigm appreciating neutral respect for varied expressions and designers' idiosyncrasy. Corresponding to this new trend, Edward …

Modio - Interactive Sound Visualization, Kwon Hyouck Jin

Theses

The word “Modio” is a compound word of Motion and Audio, which I coined for this thesis. The intent of this thesis is an interactive installation project that will explore and convert musical elements into visual elements, which will lead to various responses to the change caused by users’ interaction.

Lanthorn, Vol. 41, No. 19, October 26, 2006, Grand Valley State University

Volume 41, July 13, 2006 - June 14, 2007

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.

The Daily Gamecock, Wednesday, October 25, 2006, University Of South Carolina, Office Of Student Media

October

No abstract provided.

Crow's Nest, October 17, 2006, Crow's Nest Staff

Crow's Nest

The October 17, 2006, issue of the Crow's Nest.

Board Of Trustees Meeting Minutes 2006-10-13, Bowling Green State University

Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes

The official meeting minutes of Bowling Green State University's Board of Trustees.

The Daily Gamecock, Friday, October 13, 2006, University Of South Carolina, Office Of Student Media

October

No abstract provided.

The Daily Gamecock, Wednesday, October 11, 2006, University Of South Carolina, Office Of Student Media

October

No abstract provided.

The Bg News October 6, 2006, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. October 6, 2006. Volume 97-Issue 35.

Volume 44, Number 14: October 05, 2006, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

No abstract provided.

Moblogging, Podcasting, And E-Learnig: The Evolution Of A Mobile Work Force, Ken Macro

Graphic Communication

No abstract provided.

The Bg News September 29, 2006, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. September 29, 2006. Volume 97-Issue 30.

The Courier, Volume 40, Issue 2, September 15, 2006, The Courier, College Of Dupage

The Courier

Stories:

COD Expands Curriculum At Two Locations In Naperville

IC, SRC Receive Makeover Soon

Parking Spaces Are Not Shrinking

Where It All Comes Together–Inside The Walls Of The Student Activities Program Board Conference Room

A Long Strange Journey–From Retail Management To Director Of Athletics: Paul Zakowski’s Wacky Tale

People:

Jenn Syperski

Paul Zakowski

Abigail Conover

The Daily Gamecock, Monday, September 11, 2006, University Of South Carolina, Office Of Student Media

September

No abstract provided.

The Daily Gamecock, Friday, September 8, 2006, University Of South Carolina, Office Of Student Media

September

No abstract provided.

Volume 44, Number 05: September 05, 2006, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

No abstract provided.

Art 314a.01: Elementary School Art, Bobby T. Tilton

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 1990-2010

No abstract provided.

Art 314a.02: Elementary School Art, Bobby T. Tilton

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 1990-2010

No abstract provided.

Design Research Quarterly Volume 1 Issue 1, Peter Storkerson

Design Research Quarterly (2006 - 2009)

Design Research Quarterly (2006-9) was a hybrid journal-newsletter of the Design Research Society. It contained news of the society, its members and regions and its sister societies, as well as peer-reviewed articles about issues of importance to design research, theory and knowledge.

Crow's Nest, August 28, 2006, Crow's Nest Staff

Crow's Nest

The August 28, 2006, issue of the Crow's Nest.

Sweet! Cartoons And Contemporary Painting, Sarah Atlee

Theses

I am an artist, and I use cartoons. My work consists mainly of images that communicate to the viewer through recognizable forms. I also use text to help tell my stories. I often create visual elements that function in place of text or information. I use a third visual tool, a hybrid descendant of images and words: the cartoon. Cartoons, once situated at the margins of visual discourse, now have a place in the fine art world. There are comics and animated television shows created for adult audiences. There are gallery and museum shows of work influenced by cartoons, not …

The Pan American (2006-08-24), Claudette Gonzalez

UTPA Archives - The Pan American Newspaper

56th Year, No. 1