Reeves, B., et al. Cross-cultural and developmental trends in graphic productions. Distortions in cognitive maps. Students do interface design exercises and readings, some as individuals and some as group projects. Groups do invention, prototyping and testing of simple interfaces, working with mentors with HCI experience from Silicon Valley companies.
Students conduct field studies of individuals using computing.
Group results are descriptions of systems and design recommendations with focus on extended HCI issues. What every literate person should know about the basic principles of the visual organization of text. The course raises the foundational questions of how people think, use language, and interact with computers. Even though it is not specifically focussed on HCI, the course introduces a set of concepts that are important to human-computer interaction design, and uses examples drawn from experiences in that field. An intermediate course emphasizing the sampling, shading, and display aspects of computer graphics.