Kapi’olani Community College Art 249 Interface Design 2 In-class Presentation Week 5A

Art 249 :: Interface Design 2 :: Week 5 :: A In-class Presentation :: Examples  Aardman Animations   Bauhaus Museum  h/ h/

Art 249 :: Interface Design 2 :: Week 5 :: A In-class Presentation :: Calendar Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week HW - 3 home pg. comps - round 1 - due. HW - 3 home pg. comps - round 2 - due. Client “Comp web site” due. MID-TERM - 3 final comps due - both home and all sub pages due for each theme. CRITIQUEWORK DAYCRITIQUEWORK DAY CRITIQUEWORK DAY

Art 249 :: Interface Design 2 :: Week 5 :: A In-class Presentation :: Today’s Agenda  1 st Round Comps :: Critique  All comps should be posted online.  Introduction of the grading sheet.

Art 249 :: Interface Design 2 :: Week 5 :: A In-class Presentation :: Assignment due next week :  Home page comps – round #2  purpose/objective:  To conceptually experiment visually by taking risks..  To defend the conceptual merits of your own designs.  To design the most effective user interface for your targeted audience.  To meet the needs and deadlines dictated by your client.  assignment: Based upon the feedback from your 1st round of comps, make informed changes to your visual layouts. Revise your themes by omitting those that are not working and expanding upon those that are working. Revise the names of themes to clarify the visual direction of your designs. Be honest with yourself and true to your client; if nothing is working, then start from scratch with a complete new set of designs for round 2. If certain elements are working conceptually, but not visually, then redesign them in such a way that communicates a strong aesthetic and level of completeness. Pay attention to the details of your design.  format: no less than three designs in three different thematic directions. Please create a client “comp web site for the next round of comps. Technical details:  A minimum of 3 JPEG images in three different thematic directions – (1000 x 800 pixels in dimension minimum, 100% max quality compression)  Interactive Client “Comp web site” – a mini site where a client can click through all comps easily.

Art 249 :: Interface Design 2 :: Week 5 :: A In-class Presentation :: post mortem  How smoothly did today’s class run?  What slowed us down?  What did we skip over?  How can we be more efficient in the future?