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Information and Interface Design

Unit Code: HDCOM322HK




Duration

Contact Hours

Campus

Prerequisite

Corequisite

1 Semester

36 Hours per Semester

External Venue

Nil

Credit Points: 12.5 Credit Points

Related Course/s:

A unit of study in the Bachelor of Design (Digital Media Design) offered at City U Hong Kong.

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Aims & Objectives:

In this unit, students will:
  • Develop an enhanced understanding of the graduate attributes linked to this subject
  • Analyse, describe, invent and propose structured diagrammatic visual documents
  • Develop an understanding of the possibilities of information architecture, interfaces and narrative for publication
  • Demonstrate sequencing for textual, diagrammatic and pictorial content within communication design.

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Teaching Methods:

Lecture and studio-based learning with ongoing project development and assessment tasks

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Assessment:

100% project work

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Generic Skills Outcomes:

  • Graduates are capable in their chosen professional, vocational or study areas.

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Content:

This unit aims to explore innovative and appropriate ways of communicating complex information clearly. Topics include:
  • Interpreting and presenting information
  • Diagrams, charts, maps, tables
  • Systems for way-finding and exploration
  • Information design contexts
  • Accessing and managing database information
  • Instructional and pictorial sequencing
  • User-centred design.

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Reading Materials:

Garrett, JJ, The Elements of User Experience,  AIGA New Riders, New York, 2003.
Jacobson, R (ed.), Information Design, Cambridge, MIT Press, 1999.
Kinross, R, ‘The Rhetoric of Neutrality’ in Victor Margolin (ed), Design Disprogram, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1999.
Meggs, PB, A History of Graphic Design, John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1998.
Shedroff, N, Experience Design 1: A manifesto for the creation of experiences, New Riders, New York, 2001.
Tufte, ER, Envisioning Information, Graphics Press, Cheshire, 1990.
Tufte, ER, Visual Explanations, Graphics Press, Cheshire, 2003.
White, AW, The Elements of Graphic Design, Allworth Press, New York, 2002.
Wildbur, P & Burke, M, Information Graphics, Innovative Solutions In Contemporary Design, Thames & Hudson, New York, 2001.
 

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