Comm. Design: Interaction Design II

3 units

The class will explore designing usable, useful, and desirable relationships and interactions between people and the digital products and services they use. Students are introduced to human-centered research methods in the context of designing screen-based experiences. Small ethnographic field projects build to inform the basis for idea generation and prototyping concepts. Students then synthesize insights to design a digital solution. The class has a series of smaller exercises that build to two larger design projects with an overarching theme of public health or sustainability. Graphic design and typographic fundamentals will be addressed throughout in the context of interaction. Class time will be mixture of lectures, in class exercises, and studio based work. Students will need a laptop with Adobe Illustrator, InDesign and Photoshop and moderate experience with these programs.