Tag: design process

  • Defining Design

    Is defining design a worthwhile endeavor? Or should we just get on with it, do what we do and not analyze it so much? My rather amorphous thesis paper revolves around the process of design research to design concepts, supposedly within the realm of interaction design, but so far not really staying within that boundary.…

  • Beginning Thesis Paper Readings

    With Emergence over, my attention has turned to my neglected theses endeavors. Earlier this week I bought a bunch of books, some of which arrived the past few days. Sketching User Experiences: Getting the Design Right and the Right Design (Interactive Technologies) by Bill Buxton The Sciences of the Artificial by Herbert A. Simon Design…

  • Thesis Paper Proposal

    I had a conversation today with a Henning Fischer, a coworker at Adaptive Path, about design process, which got me blabbering something about my thesis paper proposal, tentatively titled the Leap from Research to Design in Interaction Design. I had not looked at it since writing it during finals week, so tonight I read what…

  • Support for a Connection Between Writing and Design

    In relation to understanding the connection in my life between writing and design, I was inspired to read a comparison of the craft of writing to the craft of design in David Wroblewski’s “The Construction of Human-Computer Interfaces Considered as a Craft” from Taking Software Design Seriously. This was required reading for our seminar 2…

  • GoCoffee Web Process Book Complete

    The web process book for my team’s mobile information project is complete. Here’s your chance to see the process and final demonstration of the GoCoffee interface. The next project for the class, designing a digital music player, has already begun with new teams. My team is designing a wearable music device for commuters. Our initial…