MMAS 121
INTRO. TO WEB PAGE & INTERACTIVE DESIGN
instructor: curt cloninger
email: curt at lab404 dot com
office: Zeiss 211. TR 12:10-1:40
location: university of north carolina at asheville

class-specific | photoshop | html | dreamweaver | supplementary reading | student sites



intro
syllabus
rough project calendar

major assignments
photoshop: waffle house ads
html/css: personal weblog
dreamweaver: MMAS site-redesign

required texts
Photoshop CS3, Visual QuickStart Guide (weinmann, lourekas)
Web Designer's Reference (grannell)
Macromedia Dreamweaver CS3 , Visual QuickStart Guide (negrino, smith)

inspiration
link-o-rama
web design advice from Strong Bad



resources
Contrast. Repetition. Alignment. Proximity.
principles of graphic design (sections 1)
design matters
photoshop tennis example
layer tennis
tennis psd source files (duerden / thomas)

grids
principles of graphic design (sections 3)
grid template (elam)
müller-brockmann posters
müller-brockmann manual

project: waffle house ads
requirement details
the idea
Fresh Styles cover comps
the ad graveyard
wafflehouse.com
stock photo sources: stock xchange | toolshed (under "images")
gen-x examples: billabong usa, thrasher magazine
yuppie example: four seasons hotels
nostalgic example: mast general store
fresh styles for web designers (cf: lo-fi grunge, mondrian poster)



resources
a dao of web design
htmimimalism deconstructed
web site usability basics
toolshed (cf: tutorials)
fresh styles for web designers (cf: HTMinimaLism, Mondrian Poster)
the russian avant-garde book

typography
browser safe fonts
true is true (cina)
principles of graphic design (section 5)
historical typeface examples
designing {with} typography
typographic contrast and the web (green)
typomania
behind the typeface: cooper black
identifont database
comic sans comic (onstad)

project: personal web log
requirement details
basic html template | basic css template
fixed html template (ice layout) | centered html template (jello layout)
2-column html template
fancy html template | fancy css template
css reference table
xhtml tags
lorem ipsum dummy text
funky html | funky style sheet
37signals master style sheet
BD4D master style sheet



resources
usability experts are from mars, graphic designers are from venus (cloninger)
in the garden: a design process revealed (bowman) | css zen garden
fresh styles for web designers (cf: all styles)
fresh styles lecture notes
pirated sites

color
principles of graphic design (sections 2)
color in motion
colors "change" based on their context: example
hue/saturation/value diagram

project: re-design MMAS site
requirement details
current MMAS site
parsons school of design
rhode island school of design
cranbrook academy of art: 2d design department
MMAS front page redesign mockups
UNCA front page redesign mockups
toolshed (cf: schools)



i.d. magazine
how magazine
communication arts magazine
eye magazine
the non-designer's design book (williams)
notes on graphic design and visual communication (berryman)
a history of graphic design (meggs)
grid systems in graphic design (müller-brockmann)
grid systems (elam)
the elements of typographic style (bringhurst)
interaction of color (albers)
experience design (shedroff)
don't make me think (krug)
mtiv (curtis)
you work for them



Barrio: weblog | mmas redesign
Gremli: weblog | mmas redesign
Johnson: weblog | mmas redesign
Martin: weblog | mmas redesign
Moore: weblog | mmas redesign
Paradiso: weblog | mmas redesign
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Antillon: weblog | mmas redesign
Beny: weblog | mmas redesign
Gray: weblog | mmas redesign
Llewellyn: weblog | mmas redesign
Mase: weblog | mmas redesign
Michel: weblog | mmas redesign
Paden: weblog | mmas redesign
Smith: weblog | mmas redesign