Origination 2010 Week 3

Questions on John Maeda's book book "Laws of simplicity" chapter 2: organize

1. What does the acronym SLIP mean according to Maeda?
 Slip, Label, Interrogated & Prioritize
2. Define each character of the acronym, S L I P in one sentence
 Sort out the job
 Label each part of the job
 Interrogate the job to make it simpler
 Prioritize what has to be done first and do them
3. What does Maeda say is only a pinkie away?
 The tab key, as in on the type writer or keyboard
4. Why is this important to us as designers?
 it helps us designers get around faster on the computers and its quite more efficient
5. What are the principles of gestalt psychological theory?
  Gestalt is a psychology term which means unified whole. It refers to theories of visual perception. The theories attempt to describe how people tend to organize visual elements into groups or unified wholes when certain principles are applied
6. Where might one find the aesthetics of blur?
 on products like the apple mouse or the ipod, because they reduced all the random unnecessary buttons and put them into a small compacts form.
7. Why is blur important in interactive design?
 it helps simplify things and makes things more efficient
8. Why do good designers squint when they look at something?
because they do it to see the whole picture that is there, not just what is present, but everything that is there


here is the evolution of the apple mouse, from simple to simpler

 

The 2 images above were provided by google images

 A great 3D dragon illusion... would be great to create something like this for my exhibition

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKanr-kNEJs
Group thinking game

Perspectives
In the below exercise adopt 4 different perspectives and describe 4 different
interpretations of the following non-verbal communications. Write the questions and
answers directly into your blog.

1. A person nods his/her head up and down
agreeing
understanding
checking you out

2 A person’s lower lip trembles slightly
cold
hungry
scarred
really wants to kiss someone

3. A person smiles slightly
happy
excited
surpised
slightly aroused

4 A person yawns
tired
about to fall asleep
bored
hungry

5 A person shrugs his/her shoulders
 lost
 confused
 not sure
curiosity

6 A person inhales quickly
 scarred
 asthma attack 
 shocked
over excitement

Pros & Cons about google docs


Pros: 

• easy sharable files
• saved online
• google is trustworthy

Cons: 

• the interface is confusing 
• the set up is difficult to work with 
• if the email has been hacked into, the saved files are vulnerable