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Welcome Students Fall 2012

Welcome students to the Fall 2012 semester in the department of Advertising Design & Graphic Arts at the New York City College of Technology, CUNY.

This semester I will be teaching 3 courses:

Students can find the course syllabi on the main navigation above—course description, requirements, week by week outline, grading. Sometimes the course may be adjusted to accommodate for class progress and changes in technology that could require additional attention.

You will be required to have purchased web hosting from an internet service provider, such as Kionic.com, and will need to purchase a new domain appropriate for the major project of the course. These required purchases are in lieu of a required textbook.

Please sign up for the email subscription appropriate to the course you are enrolled (see Email Updates in main nav). This is how I will be communicating to the class as a whole outside of class hours. Subscribe using an email account which you check regularly.

My office hours will be on Tues 1pm – 2pm and Thurs 5pm-6pm. I recommend that you make an appointment in advance to ensure that I am available for you.

 

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Homework for This Week: Design for Mobile Devices

In case you’re not sure what the homework is for this week:

Prepare for the presentation of a website which has a mobile version and a desktop version.  This presentation should be reviewing the differences between the two versions when it comes to:

  • Interface Design
  • Navigation
  • Content
  • Functionality/ Usability
  • Assessment of technologies used

Additionally for homework you should be moving further along with the designs of your major project.  Although some have not received a classroom critique, you should be seeking out feedback from others: friends, fellow students, other professors, family. Everyone around you is a potential users of your site.

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DoSomething.org Speaking This Thurs

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Do Something, the not-for-profit organization is coming this Thursday, September 22 at 6PM to speak to the Artbox Mobile App project team, and the Design for Mobile Devices students. Attendance is required.

They will be presenting their upcoming site redesign, talk about mobile microsites and a mobile app. They will also be discussing how they use social media to access twentysomethings and encourage them to get involved in interesting, socially-aware projects.

They will also be introducing some projects, and inviting our design students to participate.

Come with questions!!

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Kionic Awards Spring 2011

Congratulations to all the students whose work has been shortlisted for this semester Kionic Awards. The candidates for the Kionic Award for Most Promising New Designer are:

The award goes to Michael Lockwood for lockout.com.

The candidates for the Kionic Award for Best Web site 2011 are:

The award goes to Anastasiya Kladova for her website on AntiArt: Dada, Surrealism, and Pop.

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Geeky By Nature

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http://www.geekybynature.com/

Geeky By Nature is 2 days of Design, Art, and Code for Digital Designers and Developers. One of the organizers at SVA, Richard Shupe, generously invited CityTech design students and faculty to attend this event free of charge! It is an incredible opportunity for us, and an example of how wonderful it is to be studying graphic design in New York City.

To make sure none of my students miss this opportunity, I have registered you all in advance for the conference. Please review the schedule, and the speaker biographies. We will discuss the possibility of everyone’s attendance in our next class.