Assignment 1: Place Interpretation & Documentation

Due Thursday Jan 29th 9AM

Goal: Learn to capture the essence of a place that relates to your UI Project. Turn your observations into a set of actionable design items.

Take a look at the Process Document #1 (available in Keynote or PowerPoint). Have this document in mind, visit a real place that relates to your final UI design project. (E.g., if your mobile app deals with exercises, visit a gym or a place where people exercise. If your website deals with kids, visit a place with kids.) Document the essence of the place by capturing the followings:

  • 3 adjectives describing the place
  • Overall color palette
  • Describe the place using multiple senses: Sight, Smell, Sound, Taste, Touch
  • Interpret and document the place as though you will never be able to visit there again.

Document your process in the course process document (available in Keynote or PowerPoint). Create and attach a PDF of your Process Document #1 to your blogpost. Due as a blogpost with a PDF attachment on Thursday Jan 29th 9AM.

Hint from Lisa:

“Students should interpret this. Representational, documentation, and metaphor. It is just as it is described a metaphorical representation. These images could be found or taken. A car jumping over a hill, represents a modern theater with dancers mid air. Just be able to explain.” Reference: Metaphors we live by. Book by George Lakoff and Mark Johnson (1980).

37 thoughts on “Assignment 1: Place Interpretation & Documentation

  1. Content is supposed to be added to slide 2 – Documentation – correct? Or is that just a title slide?

  2. The place I captured was the headquarters of the OpenROV Project. The OpenROV is an open-source underwater robot designed to democratize ocean exploration and enable citizen science.

  3. Apologies for being a bit late! It took me longer to change the PowerPoint than I thought it would, especially on slide 11.

  4. I was just added to the class last Thursday, so I’m posting the first assignment now.

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