Interaction Designer Craig Dennis » Concept

Exhibition Branding

Craig — Fri, 29 May 2009 22:47:35 +0000

This evening has seen the purchasing of display folders, bluetack and a table cloth for the exhibition. Given the recent ‘branding’ of myself it seemed only prudent to incorporate this into the exhibition space concepts. The A4 pages at the sides of the boards are in fact display folders and will be on the table in front rather than on the wall.

They are just to give an idea about branding.

Exhibition Space

Craig — Thu, 21 May 2009 23:55:22 +0000

The exhibition space is an important part of presenting the work. A bad idea can be perceived as a ‘fair’ idea if it is presented with very good graphics and layout. So by that logic a pretty good idea could be perceived as a great idea.

Last year each student was given two large boards about 3m x 1m each on which to display their work.

As such there has been some illustration and concepts about what the exhibition space will be like for the three projects there are to exhibit.

RSA – 4 x A3 boards, 1 x A4 board
Collaborative – 4 x A3 boards, 1 x A4 board
Final Major Project – 6 x A3 boards, 4 x A4 boards

Read on for a concept for the presentation of the exhibition area. It consists of the two large boards, papered in white with the project boards stuck to them.

On the left is the RSA project and the collaborative project. On the right is the final major project. In front is a table (probably one from iLab) with a white table cloth on it.

On the left side will be the sketch books and logs for the RSA and collaborative projects. On the right will be the sketch books and project report for the final major project.

In the center will be a laptop with a flash application running. The app will show the screen split in two to depict the two sides to the large boards. Click on the left side and you will see the video of the collaborative project in action. Click on the right and you will watch the screen recording of the final majpr project demonstrating how the toolbar would function. When the videos finish, they will fade back to the selection screen.

Individual Project Formative

Craig — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:22:03 +0000

Yesterday everyone presented for a formative assessment. What made this different fom normal was the fact that the work was graded as if it was the final summative presentation instead of giving an indicative grade as if the work continued in its current direction.

The presentation was helpful and provided valueable feedback about what to concentrate on and what to avoid.

The project is about photo sharing. The best ways to do it and what areas need to be addressed. The presentation uses Flickr as a base for example and comparison but the principles and concepts that come out of this will hopefully be able to be used by any sharing site.

Final Major Project Presentation Concept

Craig — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 01:17:16 +0000

There is a presentation on Monday for the final major project and I have been trying to decide how to represent it and display it. Below is a concept, each being an A3 sheet (A4 may do) showing the ‘life of a photo’ from being taken to being viewed, shown from three distinct user perspectives. The Hobbyist, the professional and the happy snapper. They are based on real people and their general workflow.

The aim is to create something that makes the process more seamless, or make the experience better for a specific user group. There may not be one BIG idea that does this, maybe there are a few smaller ideas that can be used to create the same effect. Only more research will tell which steps need to be improved or perhaps more importantly, which steps can be removed.