When we walk outside, we can see that our world is surrounded in technology. When we walk into a cafe, you see people left to right on their laptops and phones. Well what if we could interact with our surroundings to complete tasks and daily routines? AR technology could have a major spark in the…
The Future of Technology
The technological advancements present in media and sci-fi shows are extreme predictions that people speculate could happen in the future. The highly technological futures we see in shows like Black Mirror could potentially become a real life future. With technology slowly becoming more advanced, a future like the movies and media is not too far…
Voice Recognition with AI to Aid the Disabled
Visual impairment is a large probability of our current population. According to the World Health Organization, there are 39% of people who are blind. People over 50 years old are 82% blind. We often take for granted the ability to see. Even being able to see the people in front of you or the text…
The Past and Present of Snapchat
Snapchat, formed in 2011, is a social media platform used to share photos and messages among friends. Snapchat was formed with communication between friends and new ways of expression in mind. The gimmick of disappearing pictures was a new step no one had done up until now. With this in mind, Evan Spiegel, Reggie Brown,…
Meg Withgott
Meg Withgott, co-founder of Panafold, is known for her role in the company as Chief Technology Officer. Meg Withgott received a degree in Cognitive Science at Stanford University in 1984, and proceeded to found the company A Day to Think in 2007. A Day to Think was a nonprofit organization dedicated to seeing projects succeed….
Current Communication Styles
The Whole Earth Lectronic Link was a community that ran on forums and group communication practices. The founding concepts of communication has stayed the same. Text, Organization, and Imagery is key when discussing a topic. Present day examples of communication like zoom and discord both utilize text and imagery, but incorporate new ways of interacting…
The Influence of The Oregon Trail
Oregon Trail was a game I had never played before. When I went through my first playthrough I had no idea what to do. I knew it was a story driven game based on my decisions I made in-game. During my playthrough, I wanted to be unconventional and created the worst case scenario possible to…
The First Computers to Present Day Technology
Modern interaction design principles have been born out of the iterations of past technologies like Xerox Star and Macintosh. In the demos for these technologies, many aspects could be seen when looking at the past design principles. Both the Xerox Star and Mac OS used very simple looking interfaces. They did not take in consideration…
Healthy Workplace Practices
Christopher Alexander’s Patterns from A Pattern Language went over many cases and ideas he has about community and learning opportunities. In March of 2020, the world was struck with Covid19 which led to new forms of communication being created in need of a solution to talk to one another. We are forced to use apps…
Brenda Laurel
Brenda Laurel, born on Novermber 20, 1950, is a interaction designer who has worked on computer interaction, computer science, and video games. Laurel earned a Bachelor of Arts at DePauw University and a ph.D from Ohio State. In 1989, Laurel co-founded Telepresence Research, a virtual reality research and development company. She and her team worked…
The Mother of Demos and its Place in Modern Society
Doug Englebart and his team have provided the very essence of information and its use via his demo of the computer. The computer did something no one could have imagined at the time. It collected data and information which was put to use in a practical setting. In the Mother of All Demos, Doug Englebart…
Think, Reiterate, Recreate
Dreyfuss, Eames, Gustner, and Sutner all had different views but were impactful to the field of design. Each one of them wanted to create a finished product that put the user first. After reading and watching videos about their design philosophies and practices, I can take away that each one of them reiterated and made…
The Legacy of our Predecessors
The techniques used by Eames, Gerstner and Sutnar are all different fields. The Eames were a partnership and helped each other fill in for their individual mistakes. If one made a mistake, the other would point it out and make sure their ideas are on the right track. In present day, we would consider their…
Eileen Gray
Eileen Gray, born on August 9th, 1878, was a female architect and furniture designer. Gray grew up in London and took up painting as a hobby and job. By 1920, she opened up a shop known as: Galerie Jean Desert. This shop allowed her to open up an art gallery to show her work and…
Memex’s Role in Present Day Social Media
Memex, created by Vannevar Bush, was a proto-hypertext system described in his article “As We May Think.” It’s influence was taken for granted back then. However, the Memex system has created a large impact on the field of design. His inventions also helped the blogging scene take off. Blogging in 2003 was very important because…
Ethics in Social Media
For the past year, I’ve been contemplating my future role and job as a designer in this field of work. No matter what job I am in or what company employs me, I want to be sure that ethics is a large inclusion as well as to make sure the final goal is realized. The…
Importance of Moveable Type & the Renaissance
The understanding of movable type as well as the era of the Renaissance is important because it is the foundation of all design languages. We take for granted the fact that current day design aspects are due in part to old practices of designing. Without movable type, the way of printing and information would not…
The Impact of Online Learning
As many students across the world face the problem of social distancing and needing to focus on online learning options, we must make the best use of this circumstance and benefit from it. According to Aytekin Isman, the issue of the students interaction in the virtual classroom is a very prevalent issue. The current circumstance…
SNAPCHAT
The app I decided to choose with many icons is Snapchat. The icons and buttons I find interesting featured in the app include: map, camera, friends, and texting. These buttons take after the sumerian alphabet’s approach of simple yet explanatory. The sumerian alphabet is best compared to the app I chose because of its simplistic…