Author: Peter Peng

Zuzana Licko

Zuzana Licko was born in 1961 in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia. Licko’s father was a biomathematician and at the University of California, San Francisco. Through his job, she became involved with computers during the summer months, helping him with data processing work. The first font she created was designed in the Greek alphabet for her father. Czechoslovakia…

The Ethics of The Technology

“Nosedive” not only looks at how social media affects society, but also imagines how it might be changed in the future. The Atlantic describes this episode as “a version of America where every tiny interaction is ranked by the people involved on an app that [is synced] with augmented-reality contact lenses.” The episode focuses on…

Information Architecture

In my opinion, IA design follows very similar patterns to flowcharting: Add shapes and connect them with lines in an organized fashion to a single document. The challenge when building IA is in understanding how the app or website actually works from the user’s perspective, and how to organize that information into a readable, legible format. I…

Eileen Gray

Eileen Gray was born in Wexford in 1878. She studied at the Slade School of Art in London and the Académie Julian in Paris where she lived for most of her life. Gray collaborated with Seizo Sugawara, a Japanese expert in decorative lacquer work for several years. In 1910 Gray opened a workshop with Sugawara…

the Evolution of Social Media

Social apps’ general concept is to bring people together to communicate about interests, topics, and other issues. (Like Tiktok, Ins) As technology has advanced since the days of The Well and eWorld, the world has evolved towards a global network with millions of people communicating through various social platforms and media. The users of these…

From The Design pattern To The Demo From the Visible Language Workshop

Christopher Alexander creates the design pattern based on his observation of architecture, urban design, and community livability. I think there is some similarity between the design pattern and interaction design. Here I am using the demo from the Visible Language Workshop as an example.  In #41 Work Community, Christopher suggests that workplaces must not be…

Similar Design Patterns in Slack

Christopher Alexander creates the design pattern based on his observation of architecture, urban design, and community livability. I think there is some similarity between the design pattern and interaction design.Here I am using the Slack as an example. In #41 Work Community, Alexander suggests that workplaces must not be too scattered, nor too agglomerated, but…

Xia Peisu

Xia Peisu, b. 1923 in Chongqing, Sichuan Province, came from a literary family. She is a specialist in computer science and technology. Xia Peisu started attending primary school at the age of four and a half and studied at home under a private tutor for six years, from the age of eight. Her excellent academic…

Midcentury designers built the foundation of Interaction Design.

Karl Gerstner was a leading representative of Swiss typography and one of the essential typography innovators, advertising graphics and corporate design. Ray Eames was an American artist, designer, and filmmaker. She was responsible for groundbreaking contributions in the photographic arts. Ladislav Sutnar was a graphic designer from Plzeň who was a pioneer of information design and information architecture.They are masters of visual design and information architecture,…

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