Jamin Hegeman

Tag: interaction design

  • Why Learn the Arts?

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    Dick Buchanan is in Lisbon for the 2006 Design Research Society International Conference, so today Carl DiSalvo filled in, and nearly stumped us by asking a basic question about our current topic of interest: the arts. “Why learn the arts” he asked. There was a pause, perhaps because it was a tough question to start…

  • Understanding Interaction

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    Last week we had to turn in our first paper for Dick Buchanan’s design seminar course. The first four pages were to discuss the central features of each of the four modes of interaction we had studied. The next two pages were to discuss the relationship of form and matter in the four modes. This…

  • Learning the Arts

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    Today in our design seminar, we started what Dick Buchanan referred to as the third part of the course: making connections that are significant. (Honestly, I’m not sure what parts one and two were, since I can only think of one previous part: defining the four modes of interaction. Nonetheless, there is so much brain…

  • Plato Knows Interaction

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    We’re reading Plato to explore the fourth mode of interaction: person and cosmos. I’m sure most people would not understand why we’re reading Plato to learn about design. It’s possible there are those in my class that feel the same way. I find it extremely interesting to approach Plato and Aristotle—his Poetics was the previous…

  • Empty Space Loses Its Meaning

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    I read the following quote in the appendix of House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski, which a friend laid in my lap while I was drinking beer and searching for new clothes online at 1 a.m. I wished to show that space-time is not necessarily something to which one can ascribe a separate existence,…

  • Mobile Project Persona

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    Today my group met to discuss our findings from independent interviews regarding our mobile project to help find a coffee shop. We have the beginnings of a persona. His name is Johannes Zummerman. He is 38 and married, and is a military software consultant. He loves good coffee. He needs it. It??????s part of his…

  • Learning to Frame the Problem

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    I got my control redesign grade: 88. It’s a decent grade, though I’m not that concerned about the grade. Since giving my presentation, John’s question, “Who wants gas without flame?” has bubbled to the surface of my brain now and again. So it wasn’t a surprised when his feedback said the problem with my solution…

  • Pittsburgh IxDA

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    I went to a Pittsburgh IxDA meeting tonight. I believe this was the third meeting, so it??????s really in its infancy. There were only five of us, including two CMU graduate design students (Simon and me). The meeting was organized by Michele Marut, a human factors specialist at Respironics. There was also David Bishop, Director,…

  • Emergence 2006: Service Design

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    Today I attended Emergence, a conference put together by Carnegie Mellon School of Design graduate students. The focus on the inaugural event is service design, which the students identified as an emerging field in design. This conference is the first international service design conference. I didn??????t really know much about service design before the conference.…