Annie J. Easley was born on April 23rd 1933 in Birmingham, Alabama. She was an American computer scientist, mathematician, and rocket scientist. Annie J. Easley was one of the first African-Americans to work as a computer scientist in NASA. As A computer scientist, Annie J. Easley has contributed to many projects, inspired many people by…
The society of virtual screens is coming
In today’s science and technology society, there are already some signs to predict that future users will no longer be confined to touch screens. Although voice control and gesture control have not been completely developed, it is a good start. I think the future of mankind will be filled with virtual technology. Such as virtual…
Prospects and expectations for future technology
Now Oculus is selling hot, and people have already experienced the way of playing games and watching 3D movies at home with virtual reality goggles. This does not rule out the possibility that people are dissatisfied with the bulkiness of goggles and produce VR contact lenses in recent years. Just like the high-tech contact lenses…
Google map reminders for Blind
For blind people, it is very important to give accurate location indication. They also need to use GPS to navigate. However, if the blind people are in a very noisy environment, it is very difficult to hear the instructions of mobile phone clearly. Therefore, I designed a reminder on the back of the mobile phone…
The indispensability of IA
Information architecture has an indispensable position in interaction design. The first thing we learned in the system course last semester was Information architecture. Information architecture refers to a series of organic processing ideas such as overall planning, design, and arrangement of information in a specific content. Information architecture can guide users through a lot of…
Zaha Hadid
Zaha Hadid was born in 1950 in Baghdad, Iraq. Hadid is a British-Iraqi architect, artist and designer. Hadid, after studying mathematics in Beirut, enrolled at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in 1972. Hadid’s major works include the London Aquatics Centre for the 2012 Olympics, the Broad Art Museum, Rome’s MAXXI Museum, and the Guangzhou…
The Initial Launch and Development of Gmail
Gmail is a free e-mail service released by Google on April 1st, 2004. When Gmail first came out, new users needed existing users to send email invitations. As of February 7,2007, Google announced that Gmail registration is fully open. The Beta logo was officially cancelled on July 7,2009, and after more than five years of…
The early generation of social applications
In today’s age when the Internet is developed, it is difficult to imagine what the first generation of electronic technology socialization was like. According to the article, I realized that in 1985, some people’s demand for remote social networks started to rise. This played a decisive role in women’s status at that time. There are…
April Greiman
April Greiman is a designer in America. She was born on March 22,1948, and grew up in New York City. Her father was an early computer programmer, systems analyst, and founder and president of The Ventura Institute of Technology. This laid the foundation for her to be widely regarded as one of the earliest designers…
The evolution of Oregon Trail
Oregon Trail refers to the main road for American immigration to the west from Missouri to Oregon during the pioneering period of the western United States in the 1980s. The game revolves around this background. The interesting part of this game is that users can not only play the game but also learn some American…
Classic continuation and innovation of GUI
Graphical user interfaces appeared on personal computers in the 1980s. This is a huge change from the text-only computer shown in the movie The Mother of All Demos we watched before. It shows that human beings have entered the icon era at this time. Here, I made some comparisons to show the changes and similarities…
Space and information transmission
Muriel Cooper showed us part of the beginning of interaction design through Visible Language Workshop. It creates a virtual space, which provides for people to transmit and organize information. Christopher Alexander also uses the concept of space to optimize the living environment of human beings. I have to say that there are similarities between the…
Xia Peisu
Xia Peisu was born in Jiangjin City, Sichuan Province in 1923. Electronic computer expert, one of the founders of Chinese computer industry. In April 1960, China’s first homegrown electronic digital general purpose computer, the Model 107, went live. Xia Peisu, the machine’s engineer and designer, had just made history. Xia is known as the “The…
Relevance of Architecting spaces and interactive design
Christopher Alexander’s architectural thoughts about working communities and interaction design, which seem to be unrelated majors, are actually closely related. Christopher Alexander’s concept of working community is in accordance with slack’s design. Alexander wrote in # 82 Office Connection, “Trips need to be short enough so they are not felt a nuisance.” In Slack, we…
The beginning of human technological life
Doug Engelbart was the first person to make the computer we are now familiar with. The electronic and mechanical ticking in the Mother of All Demos made me feel like I was back in that time. Doug Engelbart demonstrated how to control the first-generation mouse and computer screen. That’s amazing. We are using the current…
A woman who has devoted her whole life to design – Eileen Gray
Eileen Gray was born into an aristocratic family in Ireland in 1878. She spent part of her childhood and youth in her father’s Irish estate and the other part in her mother’s hometown London, England. She was one of the first women to study at the Slade. Her father, James McLaren Smith, was a landscape…
Narrow thinking will affect design ability
As an interaction designer, recognition of professional field is of course important. However, I think having broad thinking ability is a thing that can improve professional ability. In the process of our design, we will constantly involve new knowledge from peers. It’s like asking, “What’s this?” in the process of communication. We Googled something we…
Design is people-oriented
In the Mid-Century, four designers had a profound impact on the design industry.Henry Dreyfuss was the first designer to systematically apply ergonomics to the design process. The purpose of ergonomics is to study the coordinated relationship between humans and human-made products. Charles Eams is known as one of the most influential designers in the Mid-Century…
The color and influence of Bauhaus
Bauhaus color education believes that the kingdom of colors has within it multidimensional possibilities. Each individual color is a universe in itself. I believe every designer is familiar with this kind of color wheel. The color wheel has been developed to this day, and its circular structure seems to come from the combination of different…