Core 2: Interaction
Spring 2024

00—What is Interaction Design?

  1. Ruben Pater, The Politics of Design, 2016
  2. Don Norman, The Design of Everyday Things, 2013

01—Foundations

  1. Annaka Olsen, Digital Typography & Interface Aesthetics (recorded for Parsons CD), 2021
  2. American Artist, Black Gooey Universe, 2018
  3. Lisa Gitelman, Always Already New Media: History, and the Data of Culture (skim the introduction), 2006

02—Aesthetics of the Web

  1. Olia Lialina, Vernacular Web, 2007
  2. Marjanne van Helvert, Dirty Design (introduction)
  3. Donny Truong, History of Web Typography, 2019

03—Collections & Metadata

  1. Marie Hoejlund in conversation with Mindy Seu, Sharing as Survival: Mindy Seu on the Cyberfeminism Index
  2. New York Public Library, Digital Research Strategy 2021–24
  3. Cyrus Shepard, Google’s Index Size Revealed: 400 Billion Docs + Skim original reference: In-depth guide to how Google Search works

04—Web Accessibility

  1. In Web Design, Accessibility Shouldn’t Be an Afterthought, Margaret Andersen
  2. The Hidden Image Descriptions Making the Internet Accessible, Meg Miller and Ilaria Parogni
  3. Web Accessibility Checklist
  4. Further reading (optional) Making a Case for Self-Description, Thomas Reid

05—Climate Change and Design

  1. Watch: The Story Behind Earth’s Most Famous Photo — The Bigger Picture with Vincent Brown
  2. Every Brand Is a Climate Brand These Days, and That’s Terrible For the Environment, John Kazior
  3. What Designers Can Learn from Indigenous Communities Fighting Climate Change, Anoushka Khandwala
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