The understanding of the moveable type and the Renaissance is important in Interaction Design. The moveable type is important because it was able to reproduce written communications for the distribution of the masses; it was one of the first moments where they put importance to hierarchy and typography layout; made typeface more humanistic with the…
Representation in the History of Graphic Design
In the journal, ‘Graphic Design History: Past, Present, and Future’ by Teal Triggs, Triggs talks about how the history of graphic design did not originate from what we might consider aspects of design. Careers we might associate as contributors graphic design are “‘printing, typography, photography, and advertising.’” Credit to the origins could include “‘anthropology, aesthetics,…
Interaction Design in the Past, Present, & Future
With the invention of movable type we were able to advanced towards a culture where reading could be something more people could partake in which lead to societies eventually educating people other than just nobles and clergy. With more educated people learning to read and write more ideas were forming from more people and history…
The Importance of Skeuomorphism
Skeuomorphism as a physical object, “is an ornamental version of something that was, in an earlier version of the product, a functional necessity.” Fake candles in a chandelier or faux wood grain on linoleum are examples of this idea in a physical sense. I was really interested in finding out more about this concept because…