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Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Information design
What is information design?
Design is everywhere, it surrounds our everyday lives, from the cup you drink your coffee out of in the morning, to the the cover of the book you may look at, before having a quick read and going to bed. Design plays a large part in how one processes information. Particularly in relation to the Internet. Taking into consideration, the vast amount of information that is readily available and displayable on the World Wide Web, it is easy to wind up confused and on the wrong track. In order to prevent this happening, the designer must strategise a way to present the given information in a way that is cohesive and coherently portrayed to the user. To put it quite simply, information design is: "designing the presentation of information to fascilitate understanding" (uws information design week two readings).
Design is everywhere, it surrounds our everyday lives, from the cup you drink your coffee out of in the morning, to the the cover of the book you may look at, before having a quick read and going to bed. Design plays a large part in how one processes information. Particularly in relation to the Internet. Taking into consideration, the vast amount of information that is readily available and displayable on the World Wide Web, it is easy to wind up confused and on the wrong track. In order to prevent this happening, the designer must strategise a way to present the given information in a way that is cohesive and coherently portrayed to the user. To put it quite simply, information design is: "designing the presentation of information to fascilitate understanding" (uws information design week two readings).
Interactive Design
What is Interactive Design?
Interactive design relates to the changing needs of the users, being that it is above all flexible. Interactive designs allows its users to make choices based on the designers intent, producing a true evolving collaboration between designer and user. In relation to the web, users of Web 1.0, were regularly viewing content and processing information in a more hierarchical order. That is to say that the information presented within the World Wide Web was more standardized and aurthoritive, more formally ranked, in a sense. Since the development of Web 2.0, design has become more interactive allowing content to evolve and disperse more easily. The way content is viewed has changed as well, to include new media such as: flash animation, virtual communities etc.
Interactive design relates to the changing needs of the users, being that it is above all flexible. Interactive designs allows its users to make choices based on the designers intent, producing a true evolving collaboration between designer and user. In relation to the web, users of Web 1.0, were regularly viewing content and processing information in a more hierarchical order. That is to say that the information presented within the World Wide Web was more standardized and aurthoritive, more formally ranked, in a sense. Since the development of Web 2.0, design has become more interactive allowing content to evolve and disperse more easily. The way content is viewed has changed as well, to include new media such as: flash animation, virtual communities etc.
Monday, March 16, 2009
Web 2.0
What is "Web 2.0"?
Before the phenomenon that is now known as web 2.0, there was a less dynamic, static, user experience of the World Wide Web known as -Web 1.0. This included websites containing 'read only' material resulting in a one way flow of information. It can be said that Web 2.0 is more easily understood with reference to Web 1.0. as the technological advances and changes in user behaviour become apparent. To put it simply, Web 2.0 is a more advanced, interactive and informative version of Web 1.0 and has often been referred to as the second generation of the development of the World Wide Web. Features of Web 2.0 include applications such as blogs, social bookmarking, RSS, streaming video sites etc. which allow the users to be not only consumers, but also providers of information.
Examples of Websites created with Web 2.0 include: Youtube, Myspace, Facebook
Before the phenomenon that is now known as web 2.0, there was a less dynamic, static, user experience of the World Wide Web known as -Web 1.0. This included websites containing 'read only' material resulting in a one way flow of information. It can be said that Web 2.0 is more easily understood with reference to Web 1.0. as the technological advances and changes in user behaviour become apparent. To put it simply, Web 2.0 is a more advanced, interactive and informative version of Web 1.0 and has often been referred to as the second generation of the development of the World Wide Web. Features of Web 2.0 include applications such as blogs, social bookmarking, RSS, streaming video sites etc. which allow the users to be not only consumers, but also providers of information.
Examples of Websites created with Web 2.0 include: Youtube, Myspace, Facebook
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