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A New Lexicon of 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 […]

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Design for usability

“Confusion and clutter are failures of design, not attributes of information.” Edward R. Tufte, Envisioning Information Abstract Graphic design is about communicating. It can enhance a communications effort or it can interfere. In the established world of print, the interference may be minimized given that the user is very familiar with the interface (paper, words, read […]