Archive for April, 2005

Organizational and Emotional Communication

Posted: 29 April 2005 by kegill2 in Design

Introduction (Jac de Haan) Our group was tasked with reading Don Norman’s, “Emotional Design: Attractive Things Work Better," and Clay Spinuzzi’s, "Exploring the Blind Spot: Audience, Purpose, and Context in ‘Product, Process, and Profit.’"  The first article discussed the theory of thought processing and how attractive design can influence perception and interaction.  The second article [...]

A New Lexicon of Design

Posted: 24 April 2005 by kegill2 in Design

Susan, Claire, and myself presented our findings during week four of the class. We examined how Jonathan Price’s "Rhetoric of Objects" relates to Jean Vonderdonckt’s "Visual Design Methods, et al" As I stated in class, I believe Vanderdonckt’s paper is a valuable asset to our studies. Jac de Han noted in class, "I’m going to [...]

Google Discovers a New Land Mass!

Posted: 19 April 2005 by Kathy E. Gill in Web/Tech

Check it out!