Assignments
GDES-315 spring 2019 (David Ramos, American University Design)
ramos@american.edu · office hours · interaction design resources
Typography + the new CSS layout
This project examines web typography in more depth, and lets you work with new CSS layout tools, Grid and Flexbox. We’ll introduce a visual prototyping and drawing tool, Figma, and experiment with moving back and forth between design and code. (more)
Resource conservation
Create a capsule version of the 2018 National Climate Assessment, designed and built for high usability on the kinds of slow internet connections that are common across this country and around the world. (more)
Information architecture
Work on a web exhibit whose structure—the relationships between discrete pieces of content—is itself a significant decision, and build the site using a content management system or static site generator. (more)
Publishing systems
Design a website that serves readers in a variety of contexts, but especially, passengers on public transit and intercity rail. You might take this project to work with a content management system, or you can instead produce a more complex and thoroughly-documented design. (more)