| week |
class content |
reading |
| 5/1 |
Introduction to the course - overview – assignments, website, blog, etc. Overview of Information Design – What’s it all about?
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Universal Principles of Design (10-28) |
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12/1
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ID and the web / Blogs and Docs as Dialogs |
UPD (30-40)
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19/1
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GUEST - Matt Soar » Design Practice: Texts and Visual Displays
Medium, genres, and formats
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UPD (42-60)
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26/1
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Designing Information for Multimedia and Interactivity
Screenings of selected works
> Exercise in Information presentation POWERPOINT (Due 9/2)
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UPD(62-80)
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2/2
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GUEST Speaker – Martin Walker – A2M (Artificial Mind and Movement)
“Information Design for Interactive Games”.
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UPD (82-98)
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9/2
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Malls, Museums, Arcades, Special Venues, & Wayfinding
Screenings of selected works
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UPD (100-116)
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16/2
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Exercise in analysis » Field Trip during class time- (Due 2/3)
Chosen location -> Pointe à Callière (Museum) Old Montreal (See "assignments" for details)
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23/2
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Mid Term Break - no class |
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2/3
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DISNEY and Theme Park Information Design – WDW, AK, MGM, DisneySea
Screenings of selected works
VR and Entertainment - Rides, Games, “Imagineering”
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UPD (118-138)
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09/3
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Cirque du Soleil – ID for Live Performance and Audience
Selected screening of performances.
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UPD (140-164)
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16/3
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ID for Film and Video
Screenings of selected works
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UPD (166-186)
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23/3
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ID for the “tiny” screen » Guest Speaker - Nancie Wight EVP Airbourne Entertainment |
UPD (188-210)
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30/3
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Presentations |
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6/4
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Presentations and wrap-up
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