INTRO. TO INTERACTIVE MEDIA
instructor: curt cloningeremail: ccloning at unca dot edu office: Owen 311 (office hours are online, by appointment) location: university of north carolina asheville |
intro syllabus rough project calendar attendance and grading policies Sister Corita Kent's 10 rules major assignments minimal web site maximal web site required text HTML and CSS: Design and Build Websites (duckett) code samples from the book required software brackets [mac] or vscode [mac or pc] fetch [mac] or filezilla (download "client" version) [pc] optional texts lynda.com video tutorials (via Ramsey Library) handy reference html tag reference css reference browser safe fonts box model specifications javascript image rollover code (view source) software/tools lorem ipsum dummy text free ruler TinyPNG text wrangler * sublime text * atom (text editors) codePen * firebug (in-browser editors) chrome window resizer * safari window resizer |
minimal site a dao of web design (allsopp) Late(st) Modern Style * Psychedelic Minimalist Style * Dot Matrix Style fresh styles for web designers (cf: styles A, B, and D) maximal site usability experts are from mars, graphic designers are from venus (cloninger) Corkboard Sprawl Style * Fullscreen Fashion Style * Hand-Drawn Analog Style * Dusty Cowboy Style fresh styles for web designers (cf: styles E-K) net art sampler |
resources Contrast. Repetition. Alignment. Proximity. principles of graphic design (sections 1) stock photo sources: stock xchange | toolshed (under "images") large image of a dog |
how magazine communication arts magazine eye magazine meggs' history of graphic design (meggs) grid systems in graphic design (müller-brockmann) grid systems (elam) the elements of typographic style (bringhurst) interaction of color (albers) experience design (shedroff) don't make me think (krug) |
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