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Intro to IM

Place: Inside the teaching lab that is hidden somewhere deep in the Arts Center
Time: Wednesday, September 28, 2016, 2:40pm – 5:20pm


Forword

  • Checking attendance

Interaction Design (lecture)

  • Design Disciplines/Fields of Design
  • Design Approaches
  • Designing Interactions – 20 Interaction Design hints
  • Sketching interfaces: flow chart diagram, stencils…
  • Early prototyping
  • Make your design fun-to-use…
  • The Vitruvian virtues: Firmitas, Utilitas, Venustas (SOLID, USEFUL, BEAUTIFUL)
  • Remember Rams: Less is more!
  • Visual Hierarchy
  • Have the courage to fail – Failing means learning
  • Be ready to say no

Intro: How to (not) use a 3D printer

Intro: How to use a laser-cutter

HackLab – Debugging Session

  • Soldering workshop (tools and how-to)
  • General tips and building tricks

Homework

  • Finish the stupid pet trick
  • Read chapter 2 of Designing Interactions by Bill Moggridge (DesigningInteractions_2.pdf – available via NYU classes / also check out: http://www.designinginteractions.com/download)
  • Read: Mandel-GoldenRules.pdf (available via NYU Classes)
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