"Fragments of a Hologram Rose"
Tom Jeatt

Nika Turbina
Iana Khomenko

"Exquisite Pain"
John Cheesman

"The Hitchhiker's guide to the Galaxy"
Vladislav Altanov

"Somebody that I used to know"
Yiannis Gaitanos

Tecnicolor
Bruno Falabella

The Best of Chet Baker
Papichaya Kraivichien

The Terminal
Gary Pigott

"Kane & Abel"
Richard Amoah

The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Claudio Fara

"1984"
Jim Dickins

Dr. Shariati
Negar Haghighi

Frank Chimero
Sara Quintino

SHerlock Holmes
Yaroslav Salmin

"If"
Matine Chabrier

Three Chefs
Priscilla Walkington

"The Little Prince"
Yannis Drandakis

"Who moved me cheese?"
Uzoma Agha

"Hamlet"
George Nicolaou

"Blackadder"
Jaana Merilepp

"Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas"
Laura Hampson

websites shown in order of submission date

These are the photos we took during our last session and some others from a few weeks back. As the camera did its rounds ~ the quality varies but I think these are nice anyway :) A little reminder of our time together ~ a glimpse back.

Hope you enjoyed our sessions as much as I did - and I am already looking froward to seeing your final masterpieces in autumn :) All the very best for your work on your thesis project!

wishing you a creative & productive summer :)

Multimedia is a very wonderful addition to a lot of websites ~ if implemented in a considered manner. Let's have a brief look at some good examples and a few basic guidelines.

featured sites

• eagleclean.co.uk
• randomdance.org
• thisispopa.com
• antidenim.no
• designmadeingermany.de
• talk video on ted.com (Ken Robinson)
• film on V&A - vam.ac.uk
• animatable.com
• cognition.happycog.com

useful links & reading

• HTML5 Resources for the Learning Community
• 12 Brilliant HTML5 Video Players
• Video and HTML5 - Part 1: Understanding HTML5
• Fluid images, Ethan MArcotte
• Responsive Web Design, the famous article by Ethan Marcotte
• Adaptive Images
• HTML5 video

technical references

• Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0
• Multimedia Accessibility Standards
  guidelines: BBC
• Time-Based Media Under WCAG 2.0
  guidelines: New Zealand Government
• licensing developments [CC REL], creative commons
• the video element, HTML5 doctor

With your thesis project taking shape - it's time to talk about the role of design in successful branding. Lets take a look at some successful brands so you can make your project shine :)

guidelines: brand / style

• I ♥ NY [PDF]
• NHS brand guidelines
• BBC: Global Experience Language
• Styleguide, Paul Robert Lloyd
• Style Tiles

useful links & reading

• Ogilvy & Mather
• Brand New
  part of UnderConsideration
• brand channel
  brandchannel.com
• Common Identity Tools
  identityworks.com
• 20 top tips for designing effective brand guidelines
  Saatchi & Saatchi
• Branding, Identity & Logo Design Explained
  Just Creative
• Front-end Style Guides
  Anna Debenham on 24ways.org

Old Spice - viral video

This is a personal favourite of mine - had to include it here as an example of an effective viral campaign.

➣ Old Spice ~ videos

Very curious to see your portfolio sites :-)
I hope you had a productive break and that you managed to get close to completing your portfolio site. Today is all about recaps, troubleshooting and feedback :)

a few more useful links

• Portfolio Tips for Design Students, Saatchi & Saatchi
• 10 Creative Communities To Show-Off Your Design/Art Talent
• How to Sell your Design Effectively to the Client
• How To Protect Your Creative Work Online
• creative commons

final deadline reminder:
project ④ + all final file submissions
next week: 1/5/2012

There will be a lot of grief shared online over his loss – here are some I came across already which are simply wonderful:

• Hillman Curtis, Joshua Davis
• The Generous Man – Remembering Hillman Curtis, Brendan Dawes
• Hillman Curtis, Dan Mall
• RIP Hillman Curtis, .net magazine

HILLMAN

Head over to Frank Chimero’s Shop and grab a copy ~ it will be worth it :)

Really looking forward to seeing your designs :)
As we don't have our usual session today - I've collected few bits together for you to have a look at when you have time. Enjoy :)

useful reading

• The Art of the Design Critique
• How To Respond Effectively To Design Criticism
• How to Effectively Handle Web Design Criticism

Notes from the edge
by Simon Collison

Where good ideas come from
by Steven Johnson

Almost there ~ really looking forward to seeing the ideas and plans for your portfolio sites :)
It will be quite a challenge to design your own site, it's always hard to design for yourself. Make sure to keep an eye on your time, plan your design carefully and the stick to it. You will feel tempted to change elements or tweak too much, don't let this distract you. Stick to your plan otherwise you'll be moving around in circles.

Today is our last session before the 3 week break - let's make the most of it and work on your portfolios. Below are a few more links to inspire you ~ and do use the comments below if you have any further questions :)

portfolio sites - links for inspiration

• Dustin Wilson
• eyejack
• Oliver Jeffers
• Jesper Bentzen
• Cradle of the mind, A.Dee
• Matthew Kolakowski

✔ final task

You now have 3 weeks to get your portfolio website completed ~ happy designing ;)

And remember that if you do want to resubmit your previous projects - the same deadline will apply. Feel free to do tweaks and edits to your work but make sure to submit by the deadline, otherwise I will need to assess the work you have already submitted.
Our final session (24/4/2012) will be a practical workshop - giving us time to look at your portfolio site and fix a few final problems.

reminder:
project ④ deadline !! 1/5/2012

↓ download slides as PDF

useful reading & links:

• articles on information architecture on A List Apart
• Experience design and information architecture resources, Jesse James Garrett
• InfoGraphic Designs: Overview, Examples and Best Practices on instantshift.com
• Information Design Watch on dynamic diagrams
• tacticaltech.org
• visual.ly

information visualisations

image © Eric Fischer
→ World travel and communications recorded on Twitter
→ Locals and Tourists

Riot rumours: how misinformation spread on Twitter during a time of crisis © the guardian
→ view visualisation
→ read about its information design process

CNN #COP17 ecosphere project © CNN
→ view visualisation project

Deluge by Even Westvang

300.000 Norwegians move house every year. If the pattern made by their journeys could be compressed into one short animation, what would it look like? What would someone seeing it be able to learn, if anything?

Deluge is a C++ application designed to answer these questions. The underlying data was generated by cross referencing 8 million tax records from 2006 and 2007 to track changes in postal codes.

more on this project on vis.bengler.no/deluge

Out of the box by Vitamins Design

Most phones come with flimsy manuals with complicated language and jargon. These books, which can live on a bookshelf actually contain the phone.

Each page reveals the elements of the phone in the right order, helping the user to set up the sim card, the battery and even slide the case onto the phone.
The second book is the main manual – the phone actually slots into this and becomes the center of attention.
Arrows point to the exact locations the user should press, avoiding confusion and eliminating the feeling of being lost in a menu.