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voyage

2011-11-25T03:23:00.001-08:00

VOYAGE

2011-11-25T03:18:00.000-08:00

Pastcihe

2011-11-18T03:58:00.000-08:00

Shaun's task for this week was to ceate a pastiche. Use graphic codes of XX's century's posters. I choose the bauhaus design to make the cover of the famous Lewis Caroll's novel.

change the color of a well known logotype

2011-10-28T06:20:00.000-07:00

My network (context 2

2011-10-24T14:20:00.001-07:00

My Network

Multimedia links

2011-10-23T06:32:00.000-07:00

Since I am here I heard about a lot of tutorials websites or webdesign. There is the list that I' m going to update regularly.

TUTORIALS

in english

en français

http://www.siteduzero.com/

DOCUMENTATIONS

Pour tester JavaScript

http://jsbin.com/#javascript,html

FONTS FOR THE WEB

mesure

http://pxtoem.com/

My web map

2011-10-20T12:54:00.000-07:00

I choose the city of Paris because it's geographically the place I know the best in the world.

Paris is divided into twenty districts which follow each other like a snail. Each of those district can be really different than his neighbor.

I am born in Paris and there is some places, some districts that I prefer, that I frequent more often than others and it is the same for my use of the web. There is some websites I visit daily, others less often.

According to my frequentation, I have realized a district map of Paris with different colors which represents my main general used. Each districts is one of the websites I visit the more (except of the greys district which are area I hate in Paris and I never visit).

Then I listed all the district one after one, in the order which I prefer in the same way of the websites. The 2nd district is my favorite, my parents leave there so I am there really often and this district matches with facebook, the website which I visit more often.

héhé

2011-10-19T09:04:00.000-07:00

Ou vaut mieux il être en ce moment?

hiphip

2011-10-19T07:52:00.001-07:00

Comments = Dan Saffer's interview

2011-10-18T12:29:00.000-07:00

After several readings I have finally understood the most important parts of the interview. I didn't know Dan Saffer but I now consider this text like the bible for designers because it's remind essential principles we have to know and we have to do.
What I have taken from the first answer is divided into three points.

At first, to be a good designer we have to love what we do and be interested in every things related to our work, in every things courses in order to take the most benefit is possible.

Then we have to learn by ourself (reading) and at the end interralated the differtent sources of knowledge to make our own way, our own point of view, judgement.

And the third thing he said that I highlight is the idea of design practising, design is first of all a visual perception. So practicing, as much as learning to sharpen our eyes, our reflexion, our criticism..

A designer has to criticize himself, it's a sort of open mind and that is important as well.
And that the second's answer point of Dan Saffer, the open minded. That is also for me ESSENTIAL and that is the reason what I love my pathway.
The designer has to be open-minded, in others words the designer should be concerned in severals domains and have a general knowledge (that what I think).

I believe that a interactive designer is a graphic designer and in the same way he has to answer various orders from clients and he has to be able to change universe, style, colours ... like a chameleon.
Dan Saffer insists on the fact that interactive designer creates website or interactive stuffs for users and consumers, so first of all it has to be understood by them!

But in my point of view usability can't be first than graphic design. I prefer doing simple structure of website and not heard about ergonomic our those stuffs. I don't want to create in my future big web site with lot of contents like the Tesco Website. Too much informations and no part of creation (not really). I am not really open minded on this stuff.

So finally I totally agreed with the title "Interaction design is an applied art" and for me interactive design is the normal evolution of applied art.

voir l'article Sur le site web designer 's interviews http://www.designinterviews.com/interviews/interaction-design-is-an-applied-art

“You received your Masters of Design in Interaction Design from Carnegie Mellon University. What classes did you enjoy most of all there? Do you believe formal design education has more to offer than self-teaching?

I took a lot of very good classes there, so it is hard to pick my favorites. Since this question is also about self-teaching vs. design education, I'll mention the ones that I never could have done on my own: Interaction Design Theory (taught by Richard Buchanan) and Typography (taught by Kristen Hughes). (I also learned a lot about typography from Dan Boyarski.) The theory class pieced together a pastiche of readings that I never would have put together myself to create a vision of Design with a capital D that really changed in a profound way how I think about design and the work I do. Typography was all about sharpening the eye and thinking broader and trying variation after variation—hundreds of variations in some cases, moving single letters pixel by pixel. It was great training, and the type of studio training that you cannot learn on your own. You need a (for lack of a better word) Master standing over you while you do your apprentice work.

All that being said, there is certainly value in learning things on your own. There are lots of good books out there now that, when combined with trying out what they suggest with hands-on work, can give you a foundation you can use for design. But the doing is important; you can read every book in the field and be a terrible designer. You have to practice it, live, preferably with a client and (eventually) with users. As Theodore Roethke noted, 'I learn by going where I have to go.'

What other disciplines is interaction design interrelated with that a designer should consider?

Other design disciplines such as visual and industrial design are essential siblings. Knowing some programming/scripting is also important; it's like a sculptor knowing clay and stone. You have to understand the properties of the medium you work in.

Tons of other fields like filmmaking, art, psychology, anthropology, library science, physiology, and biology touch on the work we do and knowing even a little of them goes a long way. An ideal interaction designer has some grounding in the humanities and isn't just a wireframe monkey.

Writing, especially technical writing, is another essential skill. You need to be able to write in order to convey clearly how a design works and why, and more often than not, that means writing about it.

Would you explain the difference between interface and user-centered design? What's the user's role in interactive design?

Interface design is often the product of user-centered design. User-centered design is a philosophy—an approach—to interaction design where the needs and goals of the user, derived from research, are used to make design decisions.

Interface design is the physical expression of the interaction design: the skin over the muscles and bone. Interaction design says, 'We need a button to turn on the siren.' Interface design says, 'The button should be here and it should be red.' They are deeply intertwined, since you cannot have one without the other.

Users can play many roles in the design process: from helping generate ideas to expressing their wants, desires, and needs to testing concepts and solutions. The trend has been to involve users in the process early and often—like crooked voting.

What other type of art outside the industry would you compare interactive design to?

Interaction design is an applied art like, say, furniture making. It always has a purpose, and the craftspeople strive to make the furniture both aesthetically and functionally- beautiful. And it always, always has constraints: resources, time, needs.

What are the core elements of an interaction that web designers measure during the creating process?

Usefulness, usability, and desirability. If your design fills a need in people's lives, works well, and looks beautiful, you've got design gold. There are lots of secondary characteristics that fall under these headings, like efficiency and balance and trustworthiness and a whole host of other traits, most of which can only be fuzzily measured but are important nonetheless.

So, would you briefly describe your daily responsibilities to us, so that beginning interactive designers could have an idea of their potential day-to-day work?

One of the great things about my job is that only a percentage of my days are alike. But an atypical, typical day would find me in a project room, working on a design problem with other designers. On a good day, we'll have a set of problems in front of us and work our way through them, filling up whiteboards with sketches, ideas, things that come up until we're happy with them. We might have a handful of solutions, we might have dozens. We might then document them and clean them up, putting them into a document or presentation to show them to client.

Other days, I'm on-site at a client's office, doing design research, building prototypes, and the typical meetings, email, writing blog posts, and the other stuff that makes up an office environment these days.

What are the typical mistakes that interface design newbies encounter and how to avoid them?

I'd say there are two mistakes that new designers make: one is not coming up with enough variations—or, more accurately, not being able to come up with more alternatives. Which is to say, falling in love with one direction and not being able to see others. Often, this is direction is something familiar, that the designer is comfortable with. It is hard to kill your babies, but sometimes you have to.

The second mistake is one of details and completeness. What separates a great designer from a good one is the ability to not only come up with great concepts but to also see those through down to small details. The details are hard; making sure every part of the products works well and works together into a pleasing whole is hard to do. Playing out what a concept means down to the details is an important skill to learn.

What inspires you the most? Is there anybody among interactive designers whose work you find particularly inspiring?

I like looking at mechanical interfaces for inspiration. I started an online collection I add to when I have time calledNo Ideas But In Things. But I'm also inspired by a lot: film, television, architecture, nature, comics, street art, other physical products.

Among digital designers, Stamen Design always gets my eyes popping. Stimulant does great work for interactive spaces. Apple products (of course). My friends at Dopplr are constantly making their service better.

How do you sharpen your skills?

I try to read a lot. I have about 200 feeds in my RSS reader, and while I can't keep track of them all the time, I try to hear what people I respect are talking about. Then I try to figure out how what they are talking about fits into my work. The second step is important.

I also like to try new things and tinker. I'm learning how to do electronics right now, for instance, so I can build little devices with sensors. Tinkering increases your toolbox and lets you fail often and in a safe way.

What drink do you prefer to stimulate yourself during the design workflow?

I'm a tea drinker, not a coffee drinker, so that's my beverage of choice. Cream Earl Gray is my current favorite.

What is it you find most irritating and/or distracting while working?

My own ignorance, lack of skills, or inability to grasp new concepts. My own limitations are always more frustrating than almost anything external. My work place is always cluttered, noisy, and chaotic. That doesn't bother me overmuch.

In the fall of 2008 your book on 'Interactive Gestures' for O'Reilly is coming up. Give three reasons why somebody interested in web design should get a copy.

Sooner or later, and probably sooner, you will be asked to design for a touchscreen device. You'll want some guidance.

If you don't already, you'll probably own a touchscreen device or a Wii or at a minimum have used a public restroom where you put your hands under a sink to turn it on. Learning about how these work and how you could design them might make you a better designer.

Interactive gestures are transforming interaction design like we haven't seen since the 1970s, when the paradigms for using a PC were established. Every designer should know about them.

The principle you follow in life and work?

I have three:

'The Way you know is not The Way.' –Tao Te Ching

'A body in motion tends to stay in motion.' Newton's First Law

'If it was easy, then everyone would do it.'

The main thing you'd like a reader to remember about this interview.

The way to become a great designer is to learn as much as you can and put what you've learned into practice by designing a lot. That's all!

Helen Walker

Helen Walker graduated with a degree in Mass Communications and Sociology. She worked as a newspaper journalist for two years after that. Having always been interested in cyberculture and its impact on society, Helen switched to online journalism and joined Design Interviews blog in July, 2007. Ever since she's been interviewing web designers and administrating the blog. Helen is a keen movie-goer and she is also a panda lover.

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Website Analyse- n°3

2011-10-13T06:50:00.000-07:00

THIRD WEBSITE - THE WORLD OF INITIAL'S PORTFOLIO
http://www.worldofinitials.co.uk/

My third website it's a show case for a compagny based in London. This one in built with Flash!

Once again the design drags us into the universe of the graphic design agency.

For the same reason than the website 2 the consumer visit this one to discover the work of the agency and can return on it thanks to the blog's links which provides news etc.

There is also hiden links for example in the plane which bring the consumer on the British airways' website.

I think that they realised their website.

End

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Website Analyse- n°2

2011-10-13T06:16:00.000-07:00

SECOND WEBSITE - BLU'S PORTFOLIO

http://blublu.org

This website is also built in HTML and it's the portfolio of an Argentinian street artist who makes videos, graffiti etc.

The idea of the website is to turn the page of a notebook like on the old era of the pen writting.

It's also a really simple interaction website for the consumer who visit it in order to discover the work of the artist.

The graphic design returns to the universe of the artist that create an original portfolio.

Blu's website can be revisit again & again because of the blog's tab on which the artist put regularly his new works, his current activites etc. Thus the content changes.

I think that he realized himself his website.

Website Analyse- n°1

2011-10-12T14:28:00.000-07:00

FIRST WEBSITE - OWN A COLOUR

http://www.ownacolour.com/#

This is a website built in HTML not daily useful but really interesting and beautiful in the design & the concept.

The partnership between UNICEF & DULUX offers us to buy one of the 16.7 millions colours to help and save children lives all over the world.

I think it's a really attractfull website, from the beginning we can appreciate the beauty of different colours that we can choose.

The design is really simple we can easily browse into the website, discover from differents way how to choose our colour.

Indeed they proposed different menus.

The attractive design of this website bring us in the real content.

It's not usefull to return on this website then we buy our own colour. Only to look at the evolution of purchasing or to show it at a friend.

I think that HTML5 does not improve here the website because it's a simple interaction website.

NTU

2011-10-07T07:04:00.000-07:00

Me voila au Royaume-Uni a ecrire avec un clavier QWERTY, ce qui m'oblige a oublier les accents etc.

Finalement ce blog va me servir pour mes etudes ici car les professeurs demandent aux etudiants de tenir a jour un blog et d'y mettre ce que l'on veut.

Ainsi soit-il!

Des aujourd'hui j'y raconterai ma vie, presenterai mes coups de coeurs et mes travaux...

Tout d'abord voici mon site :

>>>>www.anoukdimet.fr<<<<

enjoy!!

2011-07-16T08:48:00.000-07:00

SOON

2011-07-16T06:07:00.000-07:00