Course instruction aims to provide students with an opportunity to learn about the important principles of interface design and the significance of integrating it with effective interaction design. Students will address issues concerning the innovation of screen-based communication and the associated challenges. Each student project, focused on the objective of teaching and learning, in some way challenges current conventions in linear, static educational processes. These dynamic programs, incorporating semantic typography, sound, video, and animation offer multiple, but logical paths of navigation. Student designers explore how information design (complex information or systems) can be made more accessible by engaging the user through interactivity. Additional project criteria include the application of an appropriate and effective architectural structure, effective interface design, and strong usability characteristics.

Interactive multimedia programs developed under Professor Stone’s guidance were among 15 winners from an international group in the 2003 American Institute of Graphic Arts’ LOOP Competition. View projects at: www.loop.aiga.org.

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