Our last week, folks! On Thursday, we’ll be meeting in our classroom “classic”, 2 W. 13th St, 1013.
Let’s make it nice for our guests! Here’s what everyone has signed up to bring:

1920’s: Bagels
1930’s: Juice/Cups/Greeting Committee
1970’s: Coffee/Half & Half
1990’s: Muffins/Pastries

Dress appropriately, have everything tested, don’t forget the process diary, run through your presentations a couple of times, and GET SOME REST!!!!

See you then!

Homeworks for the second half of the semester:

Project 2:

• Storyboard, Process Documents
• Video with a Bibliography
• Creative Response

• Response to reading from Graphic Design Theory
• Answers to Shape of Change Project
• Blog Response to As We May Think
• Blog Response to Interface Culture

Final Project:

• Link to your process dairy
• Post your final documents

The Future or “Nope the fun doesn’t end just because class is over”:

1. I’ll be working with Melanie Crean on organizing a charrette for the Shape of Change project and I would love for you all to be involved. A charrette a crazy-fun-intense-design-brainstorm-jam session. It will happen in the fall with possibly some planning sessions in the summer. I will be emailing everyone on my list who is interested.
2. Your work will be screened in the 10th Floor Hallway Flat screens from June 7th-18th. Who wants to help me install? Throw an opening party?
3. I am continually involved in art & design projects throughout NY. I would love for you to be a part of them. Let me know if you are interested. If you are dedicated, I will find the opportunities for us to work together!

If you feel like you’re not going to make it, watch this video:

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We will be in 6 E. 16th Street, Room 701 all this week, plan to work on your final projects for half of the class.

Tuesday, April 27

Hey all, we’ll speak to Louise and Rich today about their practice and have some time to work on final projects. Make sure to budget your time wisely and keep those daily diaries. Also, here are some inspirational Flash sites that you might want to look at.

Also, Night Agency is up for a Webby! Vote for them here (they are under “Fashion”).

Here are some Flash examples that might be useful for you. I will quickly go through them in class, but take a look at them and let me know if you would like me to explain any of them in detail. Download the file and then run the .swf:

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Rich Watts and Louisa Ma will come and speak to our class today (yay!), we’ll make some big decisions about our final project, and learn how to make a quick microsite.

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Hey folks! Remember, we’re meeting in 6 East 16th St, Rm 701 today. We’ll discuss our final projects in light of possible new directions, and then launch into code!

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Hey folks, we’ll start today by looking at Melanie Crean’s project “Shape of Change.” We’ll help her out by giving her feedback on the project and also answers some questions about design and social change.
Shape of Change
Information about the project.

We’ll take a look at Future Farmers, NYTimes Interactive, Actions in the City as models for creating compelling interactive content and meaningful experiences.
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Last Thursday, everyone brought up some interesting ways of re-imagining the school as interface. We talked about collaborations among the different departments and with people outside of school. We talked about the need for space where students could collect and share ideas. We talked about how we want to get off of the computers sometimes and work with our hands. Today, we’ll put some of those thoughts on paper and see what the next step is.

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I don’t know about you, but I’m really excite about seeing these second projects. Don’t forget to bring in your 3 questions that you have for us about your project.

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This week, you’ll work on your creative response to the artist that you researched before the break. Remember to think about their work in terms of how they address interaction. Also, remember to really experiment with all of the skills that you have been learning this semester and push the boundaries of your own work.
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We’ll be working on our research and our videos this week. You will do research online to figure out the best video hosting site for you. Here is a nice comparison. You will also embed the video into your blog when you are done and burn a high-res DVD to play in class.

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