Now that I finished my first year of graduate school, I began sifting through old sketches, notes, and random printouts that filled my backpack. While figuring out which item go into the recycling bin, I found an amusing article written by Michael McDonough, an award-winning New York-based green architect. "Top ...  Continue Reading »

I just finished reading a book recommended by Erik Stolterman titled "Understanding Design - 175 Reflections of Being a Designer" by Kees Dorst. As I ran into another professor in the graduate program in the Informatics lobby, he mentioned the book is tailored towards second year graduate students. He explained ...  Continue Reading »

Tomorrow Phoebe Sengers an Assistant Professor in Information Science and Science & Technology Studies at Cornell University will be in our Experience Design class. We will be discussing a paper written by her and Bill Gaver titled "Staying Open to Interpretation: Engaging Multiple Meanings in Design and Evaluation". She is ...  Continue Reading »

For our service learning project in our design-studio course, my team is working with the City of Bloomington to help formulate some ideas and long-term solutions to increase the activity in the downtown area. A few weeks ago we interviewed the Executive Director of the Bloomington Area Arts Council ...  Continue Reading »

In my Experience Design course, we discussed the three HCI waves in a paper by Susanne Bødker. In summary, the paper addresses how HCI is shifting from interfaces (buttons, things, and menus) to experiences. The challenge is how can the second wave theories and conceptions be positioned to make a ...  Continue Reading »