Phd Candidate in Design
design[Herbert Simon, Horst Rittel, Moholy Nagy, Dieter Rams] Design is an integrative liberal art that makes connections between arts and technology. Its recognition as a discipline traces back to the industrial revolution in the late nineteenth century due to the emergence of mass production. Design since then has been defined in different contexts. From a [...]
virtually all interfaces have a personality. this literally applies to anything that presents words to a user ,from a toaster ovens and and televisions to word processors and workstations. personality can creep in everywhere-the language in error messages, user prompts, methods for navigating options, and even choices of type font and layout. even if the [...]
B.J. Fogg in his book Persuasive technology brings rhetorics to computer science. he suggests the term captology as the study of technologies that persuade people. Persuasion can be achieved by changing behaviors and attitudes of the user. to achieve this he offers a functioinal triad; computers as tools, as media, and as social actors. in [...]
[Herbert Simon, Horst Rittel, Moholy Nagy, Dieter Rams] Design is an integrative liberal art that makes connections between arts and technology. Its recognition as a discipline traces back to the industrial revolution in the late nineteenth century due to the emergence of mass production. Design since then has been defined in different contexts. From a [...]
Designing is not a profession but an attitude. Design has many connotations. It is the organization of materials and processes in the most productive way, in a harmonious balance of all elements necessary for a certain function. It is the intergration of technological, social, and economical requirements, biological necessities, and the psychological effects of materials, [...]