MAAT LAB

1.1 New media, new design

From flint to mass-production1)precise design-produced2)design until it is correct-never changed again

Ergonomics video 1

Interaction1)no more solid objects design2)behavior-carry and communication information

New media video 21)digital products video 32)usability

3) ????

New media design and interaction design : Interaction design for new media

1.2 New media

New media: the term1) hypertext-multimedia-new media2) Vannevar Bush, Ted Nelson

New media: what it is1) multimedia since the cave man

2) multimedia combined with the dynamic communication via internet

Interactive: interaction with the systemIntegration: authoring systems (also, old+new)Rich media: not just textStored media: fixed representation

1.3 Interaction design

Interaction design: the term: design with the focus on the idea of usability

Interaction design: what it is: cockerel alarm clock ??: interactive aspect of a system: for users

Physical ergonomics, matching the body: chest-high switch, weak spring switch

Mental ergonomics, matching the mind: what people expect, how they communicate, what they see….

Spiritual ergonomics, matching the heart: human enjoyment, game playing, humor, fear….

1.3 Interaction design

An example : the emergency exit doors in an aircraft: controllable size & user, easy

to open, safety : think about physical, mental, spiritual ergonomics! Which bits are interaction design?

1) organized, presented2) available3) external source

Why bother with all this design?1)Advantages in production2)advantages in marketing

3)Advantages in use : less support, more efficiency, fewer errors, improved safety, (making website sticky)

1.4 The Past: where did new media design come from?

Ergonomics

Industrial design

Graphic design

Computer-human interaction

Multimedia and web technology

1.5 The Present: the current scope

Classical multimedia products:cd-roms, games, encyclopedias….

Web sites---SNS

Pure software interfaces

Advanced hardware interfaces

Current new media designers?1)not yet, but UX designer. We Need

N.D.2)more of the ‘soft’ industrial design

areas3)computer scientists

1.6 The future: education

Condensing the cloud1)definite relationships of contents2)definite goals of production

Following market development

New media extension to existing courses : Think about the connection!