user ⇆ environment
Where is the user and what can you do with one? This week we will explore the concept of communication, the relationship between the user and the environment, platform or website, and what it means for designers.
what’s new?
discuss reading responses to Kalli Retzepi and Hito Steyerl text
discussion: users and platforms
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How has social media shaped you?
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What communities do you belong to? What kind of user would they be?
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What would a website just for you look like?
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Why do websites all look the same?
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What’s the difference between a person, a citizen, a consumer and a user?
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What is the purpose of efficiency?
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What is an affordance?
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Where is the production and exchange of value happening on this platform?
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What are the uses of smoothness and friction?
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What makes a website feel alive?
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What kind of behaviours are encouraged or discouraged?
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Where was the last place on the web that surprised you?
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Are you enjoying it?
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Does the form relate to the content?
Jakob’s Law of UX, do you agree?
‘I have been in this business for half a century. And the topic of usability is honestly done for me. […] I ask: is it fun to use something? Can I build a positive emotional bond?’ Don Norman (2013)
Superstudio - Supersurface: An Alternative Model for Life on Earth
Tracy Ma’s NYTimes Interactive: The Office
Maximilian Klieper, Prevent Default - Another View of Designing Websites