Week 01: Introduction and class overview

Lecture

This first class lecture focuses on website and interaction design projects that will inspire students. Professor Paraskeva has worked in the industry for two decades and received her Master’s Degree from the Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) at New York University (NYU). Her greatest passion is creating interactive musical interfaces. She has taught webdesign, broadcast design and digital graphics throughout her career.

In this class we will review the syllabus and the requirements for the entire semester and discuss the importance of the four Ds: Discover, Define, Design and Develop.

In Class Assignment

  1. Set up a Dropbox account
  2. Setup a blog for this class
  3. Send me the email address you used for the Dropbox account and the URL for your blog to sofia.paraskeva@qc.cuny.edu
  4. Present your inspirational websites. You may post these on your blog.

Lecture Slides

Homework

On your blog post a photo and link to your favorite website based on this week’s discover research.