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The Future of Web Design New York City
Chair of the program Liz Danzico and faculty members Paul Ford and Jason Santa Maria will participate in a panel discussion at this year’s The Future of Web Design, the conference for “web designers, creatives and anyone who cares about web design.”
The Long and Short of It: Panel Discussion
Hemlines. Javascript. Haircuts. Search queries. Attention spans: It seems they’re all trending toward short. At a time where every character is one more toward 140, and every pixel counts, are we just designing and writing for what can be digested at a glance? Do longer or more in-depth experiences still have the ability to connect with audiences, or is short more meaningful? Panelists who artfully practice both sides of the form will briefly examine methods, design strategies, and contentions around practicing the long and the short of it.Details
Tuesday, November 17
New World Stages
340 West 50th Street
New York, NY 10019 -
Chris Fahey at Web 2.0 Expo: Products are People, Too!
Faculty member Chris Fahey will be giving a talk at the O’Reilly Web 2.0 Expo NYC—the showcase for the latest Web 2.0 business models, development paradigms and design strategies for the builders of the next-generation—on November 18.
The Human Interface (or: Products are People, Too!)
More and more, users are interacting with web sites and software on a conversational, physical, and emotional level—just like we’ve always interacted with other people. UX designers, then, must stop thinking about interfaces as dumb control panels and begin imagining them (literally!) as human beings. This talk will discuss past, present, and future ways of humanizing the user experience.DETAILS
Wednesday, November 18
9:00AM
Jacob K. Javits Convention Center
655 West 34th Street
New York, NY 10001 -
World Usability Day 2009: “Designing for a Sustainable World”
MFA Interaction Design has partnered with NYC UPA and IxDA to present a half-day program for World Usability Day 2009 at the School of Visual Arts Theater. The conference will explore the challenge of sustainable design with leaders in social entrepreneurship, product design, and interaction design. Liz Danzico, Chair, will give the closing remarks on the department’s approach to innovation and social responsibility. Speakers from IDEO, frog, Smart and more will share their stories and their successes, and discuss how they have overcome obstacles to create provocative and engaging new products.
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Thursday, November 12
1:00PM-6:30PM
School of Visual Arts Theater
333 West 23rd Street
New York, NY 10011 -
Design Criticism Open Lecture: Jake Barton
Faculty member Jake Barton will speak at the MFA Design Criticism Department at The School of Visual Arts on “Collaborative Storytelling and the Dissolution of Technology” on November 17. As Principal of Local Projects, Jake has been spearheading projects such as StoryCorps which generates content from the audience into a single curated archive.
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Tuesday, November 17
6:00-8:00PM
MFA Design Criticism
136 W 21 Street
Second Floor
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MFA Interaction Design Fall Lecture Series: Andy Budd, “Designing the User Experience Curve”
This fall, the MFA Interaction Design Department welcomes visiting lectures in an intimate twice-a-month series to inspire conversation, pursue change, and incite creation.
Designing the User Experience Curve
These days people expect more from a website than a handy set of tools and a pretty interface — they want an experience. From the moment somebody enters your site they’ll be judging you on everything from the way the site looks to the tone of your error messages. And they won’t just be judging you against other sites. They will be judging you on every customer experience they have ever had, from the rude man at the train station to the lovely hotel clerk that checked them in while on holiday. So in order to compete, we need to up our game and look at experiences both on and off-line.
In this session Andy Budd will look at 5 key factors that go into designing the perfect customer experience. By taking examples from the world around us, Andy will discuss how we can turn utilitarian experiences into something wonderful.
About the Speaker
Andy Budd
Clearleft, Founding PartnerAndy Budd is one of the founding partners at User Experience Design Consultancy, Clearleft. As an interaction design and usability specialist, Andy is a regular speaker at international conferences like Web Directions, An Event Apart and SXSW. Andy curates dconstruct.org, one of the most popular design conferences in the UK. He’s also responsible for UX London, The UK’s first dedicated Usability, Information Architecture and User Experience Design event.
Andy has helped judge several international design awards and currently sits on the advisory board for .Net magazine. Andy is the driving force behindSilverbackapp, a low‐cost usability testing tool for the Mac. Andy also wrote the best selling book, CSS Mastery and occasionally blogs at andybudd.com.
Details
Friday, November 20
6-8PM
MFA Interaction Design Department
132 W 21st Street, 6 Floor
New York City
(View Map)About MFA Interaction Design
The MFA in Interaction Design program trains students to research, analyze, prototype, and design concepts in their business, social, and cultural contexts. It explores the strategic role of interaction design in shaping everyday life, and intends to increase the relevancy of design to business and to society so designers can make a difference.
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Lecture: Steve Portigal, “Getting Generative: User Research Applied to Business Decisions”
Getting Generative: User Research Applied to Business Decisions
Too often the tools of user research are applied to closed-ended problems (“Should the button be on the right or the left?”), leaving tons of great insights on the cutting-room floor. By taking a more considered view of what research to do, when to do it, and what to do with what has been learned, we can uncover and address any number of business challenges: organizational structure, process, branding, positioning, design language, new product/service opportunities, and of course, features. Steve will lead an interactive discussion about using research for more than merely informing design decisions.
RSVP for this event This event is open to SVA students only. An SVA ID is required for entry.
About the Speaker
Steve Portigal
Portigal Consulting, PrincipalSteve Portigal is the principal of Portigal Consulting, a bite-sized firm in the San Francisco Bay Area that helps organizations to discover and act on new insights about themselves and their customers. In addition to consulting with innovative businesses like Sony, Belkin, Nestle and Plantronics, he writes regularly for interactions magazine, Core77 and the Portigal Consulting blog, All This ChittahChattah. Steve is an avid photographer who has a Museum of Foreign Grocery Products in his home.
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Friday, November 20
12-1PM
MFA Interaction Design Department
132 W 21st Street, 6 Floor
New York City
(View Map)About MFA Interaction Design
The MFA in Interaction Design program trains students to research, analyze, prototype, and design concepts in their business, social, and cultural contexts. It explores the strategic role of interaction design in shaping everyday life, and intends to increase the relevancy of design to business and to society so designers can make a difference.
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Jake Barton at the SEGD Dynamic Environments 3 Workshop
From Local Projects: Faculty member “...Jake Barton and his team at Local Projects / WXY Architecture have created a visitors center for the digital age, transforming what was once a warehouse for printed brochures into an interactive launchpad for the New York City tourist experience. The Official NYC Information Center is a happy hybrid of boutique retail design and interactive museum experience, with media elements that ‘…make the correlation between moving through the space and searching the content.’”
See the Official NYC Information Center and meet Jake at the SEGD Dynamic Environments 3 workshop November 12 and 13 in New York.
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SEGD Dynamic Environments 3
The Intersection of Information, Experience, and Architecture: Collaboration Required!
November 12-13, 2009
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Fall Lecture Series: Matt Mullenweg, “Fireside Chat on Design, Entrepreneurship, and Open Source”
This fall, the MFA Interaction Design Department welcomes visiting lectures in an intimate twice-a-month series to inspire conversation, pursue change, and incite creation.
About the Speaker
Automattic, Founder
Matt Mullenweg blogs at ma.tt. He is best known as the founding developer of WordPress, the blogging software he guided from a handful of users to the most widely used open source blog tool. In late 2005 he left CNET to found Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, Akismet.com, and Gravatar. In his spare time he enjoys taking photographs and playing jazz.Related
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Wednesday, November 18
6-8PM
MFA Interaction Design Department
132 W 21st Street, 6 Floor
New York City
(View Map)About MFA Interaction Design
The MFA in Interaction Design program trains students to research, analyze, prototype, and design concepts in their business, social, and cultural contexts. It explores the strategic role of interaction design in shaping everyday life, and intends to increase the relevancy of design to business and to society so designers can make a difference.
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Graduate Portfolio Day: Chicago
The MFA Interaction Design Department will be available to speak with prospective candidates at The School of Art Institute of Chicago this Sunday at the Graduate Portfolio Day. Stop by to get answers about the program, feedback on your portfolio, or just find out more about the faculty or students. For more information, visit Graduate Portfolio Days.
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Sun, Nov 8, 12:00-4:00PM
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
MacLean Center
112 S. Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60603 -
December Open House
We’re happy to announce our second Open House of the year. If you missed the October Open House, join faculty members, students, and staff for another afternoon of informal presentations, questions and answers, and open discussion to learn more about the program.
MFA Interaction Design Open House
Saturday, December 5, 2009
2:00-4:00PMSchool of Visual Arts
132 W 21 Street
6th Floor
New York CityFor more information, please contact the department at interactiondesign [at] sva.edu or 212.592.2703.
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MFA Interaction Design Fall Lecture Series: NPR.org
This fall, the MFA Interaction Design Department welcomes visiting lectures in an intimate twice-a-month series to inspire conversation, pursue change, and incite creation.
All Things Redesigned: Visualizing NPR
How do you translate a radio experience to the digital realm? This summer NPR launched a complete overhaul of its web presence, redesigning everything from its visual interface to its web content management system. Enhancements included a flexible presentation model and greater integration of multimedia and photographic storytelling. Employing user-centered design and Agile development methodologies, NPR’s cross-functional team was able to design a flexible yet manageable system that allows its editors to translate NPR’s distinctive voice to the digital realm.
Speakers
Callie Neylan, Sr Product Designer
Scott Stroud, Sr Analyst/Information Architect
Dave Wright, Sr Product DesignerRelated
Details
Wednesday, November 4
6-8PM
MFA Interaction Design Department
132 W 21st Street, 6 Floor
New York City
(View Map)About MFA Interaction Design
The MFA in Interaction Design program trains students to research, analyze, prototype, and design concepts in their business, social, and cultural contexts. It explores the strategic role of interaction design in shaping everyday life, and intends to increase the relevancy of design to business and to society so designers can make a difference.
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Lecture: Scott Berkun “Confessions of a Public Speaker”
Confessions of a Public Speaker
Wonder why some good ideas in the world get rejected? Why bad ones get accepted? It’s about communication and persuasion, and this talk, based on the upcoming O’Reilly book, Confessions of a Public Speaker, provides honest, provocative and funny lessons on how to present and convince groups of people without selling out your soul. Based on Berkun’s 15 years of experience pitching, he lectures and teaches groups of all sizes, including appearances on NPR, CNBC and MSNBC. Bring your toughest questions about public speaking, pitching and tough creative communication situations for the no-holds barred Q&A.
About the Speaker
From 1994-2003, Scott Berkun was a manager at Microsoft, where he worked on the UI for first five versions of Internet Explorer in the early days of web design. He left the company in 2003 with the goal of writing enough books to fill a shelf. Confessions of a Public Speaker is his third book, following his bestsellers The Myths of Innovation and Making Things Happen. Scott makes a living by writing and speaking. He taught a graduate course in creative thinking at the University of Washington, blogs for Harvard Business, and his work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Wired magazine, Forbes, National Public Radio, and other well known media. You can see his entertaining lectures and provocative essays on his blog at http://www.scottberkun.com.
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Tuesday, November 17
11-12PM
MFA Social Documentary Amphitheater
136 W 21st Street, Room 102
New York CityAbout MFA Interaction Design
The MFA in Interaction Design program trains students to research, analyze, prototype, and design concepts in their business, social, and cultural contexts. It explores the strategic role of interaction design in shaping everyday life, and intends to increase the relevancy of design to business and to society so designers can make a difference.
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October Open House
You’re warmly invited to join faculty members, students, and staff for an afternoon of informal presentations, questions and answers, and open discussion. An afternoon reception will follow, when you can get to know some of the faculty and students, and prospective students can ask additional questions about applying. Spend the afternoon considering your plans for fall 2010, and meeting some of the leading thinkers and practitioners in the field.
MFA Interaction Design Open House
Saturday, Oct 24, 2009
2:00-4:00PMSchool of Visual Arts
133 W 21 Street (Updated location)
1st floor, Room 101
New York CityA reception will follow in the MFA Interaction Design Department across the street.
For more information, please contact the department at interactiondesign [at] sva.edu or 212.592.2703.
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National Design Awards Winners’ Panel
As a part of National Design Week, the 2009 National Design Award winners participate in a panel discussion about their inspiration and drive as designers and the state of contemporary design in America. Faculty member Steve Duenes will represent The New York Times Graphics Department, Winner for Communications Design.
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Tuesday, October 20
6:30–8:30PM
The Times Center
242 West 41st Street
New York, NY 10018 -
Lubalin Now: An exhibition of expressive lettering and typography
Herb Lubalin (1918–1981) is best known for his wildly illustrative typography and his groundbreaking work for the magazines Avant Garde, Eros, and Fact.
On view in this inaugural exhibition in the newly re-location Herb Lubalin Study Center of Design and Typography includes recent posters, publications, and motion graphics by faculty member Matt Owens and other internationally recognized graphic designers that spotlight an emerging trend toward expressive lettering and typography.
Original sketches, magazines, logotypes, and posters selected from the Lubalin Center Archive will illuminate Lubalin’s influence on contemporary graphic design.
Opening Reception
Thursday, November 5: 6-8PM
The Cooper Union
41 Cooper Square Gallery
This event is free and open to the public
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