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Week 7 – 14/04/20

Lecture Pods Summary The lecture pod this week covered the following topics: UI Visual Design Patterns: The user experience in the abstract feeling people get from using websites, and the user interface is what people use to access that experience. Interactive web elements should be well planned as they influence directly how the user feels.Continue reading “Week 7 – 14/04/20”

What is Information Design?

Definition According to the Society for Experiential Graphic Design (SEGD), Information Design is “… the practice of presenting information in a way that makes it most accessible and easily understood by users.” It is a combination of visual design and data organisation and is becoming increasingly important for designers working to create interactive designs for clientsContinue reading “What is Information Design?”

Week 3 – 17/03/20

Lecture Pods Summary The lecture pod this week covered the following areas: Design Patterns in Interactive Design: Having similar design patterns to others is not necessarily a bad thing – it is indicative of the way the web has changed based on consumer need and preference. For example, the hamburger menu is one of theContinue reading “Week 3 – 17/03/20”

What is Interactive Design?

Definition Interactive Design can be classified as the designing of a product with the specific purpose of being used by a wide range of audiences. Products with interactivity focus on the experience and knowledge of the audiences and aim to create an immersive experience through many different mediums. These mediums can be as complex asContinue reading “What is Interactive Design?”

Week 1 – 03/03/20

Lecture Pods Summary The Week 1 Lecture Pod explores the following areas: What is Interactive Design, and what do Interactive Designers do? Interactive Design cannot exist without other specialist areas of design such as Information Design, Web Design and other Software Design. It is an area of design which has features of many other disciplines,Continue reading “Week 1 – 03/03/20”