The schedule for the Summer 2021 term of IAT-334Interface Design
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Andrew is not currently teaching IAT-334. This material is left online for reference only.
| Date (Week) | Reading(s) | In lecture | In Lab | Due |
|---|---|---|---|---|
May 18 (01) | (2007). "The Anatomy of Sketching (Chapter 9)." Sketching User Experiences. Elsevier Science & Technology. | An introduction to the course as well as getting you started on sketching interfaces. | ||
May 25 (02) | (2015). "Screen-based Thinking: Let's Make an App! (Chapter 2)." The Best Interface Is No Interface. New Riders. | Considering guidelines and affordances in designing interactions. | ||
June 1 (03) | (2013). "The Process (Chapter 3)." Just Enough Research. A Book Apart. | More on affordances and heuristic assessment of interfaces. | ||
June 8 (04) | (2020). "Our Own Bias (Chapter 4)." Design for Cognitive Bias. A Book Apart. | Looking at different types of users, their goals, and how we can understand them. | ||
June 15 (05) | (2016). "Who Are the Users? (Chapter 2)." Validating Product Ideas. Rosenfeld Media. | An introduction to approaches for interviewing users and the resulting consideration of research ethics. | ||
June 22 (06) | (2016). "Sketching Interface Animations - An Interview with Eva-Lotta Lamm." Retrieved 8/15/2021, from https://valhead.com/2016/12/08/sketching-interface-animations-an-interview-with-eva-lotta-lamm/ | Teeny Tiny Actions and Patterns Exploration of more interaction and interface patterns as well as the introduction of microinteractions. | ||
June 29 (07) | (2020). "Designing for Humans (Chapter 2)." Designing for Emotion. A Book Apart. | A recap of human-specific issues in interface design including (but not limited to) accessibility and culture. | ||
July 6 (08) | (2020). "Culturally Responsive Experiences (Chapter 5)." Cross-Cultural Design. A Book Apart. | Surveying users and deriving meaning from research results. | ||
July 13 (09) | (2019). "Communicating Your Brand (Chapter 3)." Expressive Design Systems. A Book Apart. | How we go about prototyping testable interfaces and interactions. | ||
July 20 (10) | (2018). "Persuasive Mechanisms." Future Ethics. NowNext Press. | Dealing with the reality of when we fail... because we will at some point fail. | ||
July 27 (11) | (2012). "Visual Interfaces (Chapter 3)." Make it So. Rosenfeld Media. | Looking into future considerations or aspects of interface design. | ||
August 3 (12) | There will be no formal lecture this week, content is to be determined. |