Schedule

We will meet twice a week over the course of the semester, exploring three units: Interaction with Typography, Interaction with Data, and Interaction with the City. This schedule is subject to change as we proceed through the course.

• Week 1

  Unit 1: Interaction with Typography

  Introduction

  Class

  January 24

  • Class introduction + website share

  • Review Syllabus and Class Site

  • Draft our Code of Conduct

  • Lecture: What is the internet? What is interaction design?

  January 26

  • Discuss lecture + readings

  • Introduce: Project 1

  • Exercise: Type Intro

  • Figma setups + work session

  Assignment

  Reading 2 Discussion Questions

  Project 1: Ideas — at least 3 directions

  Project

  Stories as Networks

  Reading

  • Olia Lialina: A Vernacular Web
  • Laurel Schwulst: My website is a shifting house next to a river of knowledge. What could yours be?

  Lectures

  • Cyberspace Origins

  • Internet Today

• Week 2

  Unit 1: Interaction with Typography

  Ideas + Iteration

  Class

  January 31

  • Loretta Staples, Reading Discussion Lead: Donovan

  • Activity: Reading Response Markup

  • Small Group Crits: Ideas

  February 02

  • Review reading response collection

  • Variable Fonts Intro & Exercise

  • Review Project 1 iteration

  Assignment

  Project 1: Iteration — 3 directions

  CD Lecture response, Project 1: Refine direction

  Project

  Stories as Networks

  Reading

  • Loretta Staples: Typography and the Screen

  Lectures

  • Mandatory: Friday 3pm: CD Lecture Series, Elaine Lopez

  • Optional: We are Family! with DJR

• Week 3

  Unit 1: Interaction with Typography

  Implementation

  Class

  February 07

  • Discuss CD lecture

  • Variable Font Activity Review

  • Activity: Modular Letter

  • Review Project 1 implementation

  February 09

  • Frank Chimero, Reading Discussion Lead: Juliana

  • Review Project 1 implementation

  • Activity: Modular Letter

  Assignment

  Reading 3 + Discussion Questions, Lecture Video

  Project 1: Implementation, Project Description paragraph

  Project

  Stories as Networks

  Reading

  • Frank Chimero: The Web’s Grain

  Lectures

  • Digital Typography & Interface Aesthetics

• Week 4

  Unit 1: Interaction with Typography

  Implementation

  Class

  February 14

  • Exercise Review: Modular letter

  • Activity: Responsive Relay

  • Individual Meetings

  February 16

  • American Artist, Reading Discussion Lead: Sihua

  • Technical Demo: Show/Hide

  • Activity: Responsive Relay

  • Activity: Project Description

  • Individual Meetings

  Assignment

  Reading + Discussion Questions, Lecture Video, Project 1: Implementation

  CD Lecture Response, Project 1: Prepare for Final Crit

  Project

  Stories as Networks

  Reading

  • American Artist: Black Gooey Universe

  Lectures

  • Friday 3pm: CD Lecture Series, Lynn Kiang

  • Digital Typography & Interface Aesthetics

• Week 5

  Unit 1: Interaction with Typography

  Critique + Intro

  Class

  February 21

  • Final Crit: Project 1 (Submit URL on Canvas by 6:59pm)

  • See notes on critique

  February 23

  • Lynn Kiang CD Lecture Discussion

  • Function as Narrative, Reading Discussion Lead: Hannah

  • Introduce Project 2

  • Activity: Data Collection

  Assignment

  Readings + Discussion Questions

  Project 2: Ideas, Lecture Video

  Project

  Stories as Networks

  Reading

  • Weiyi Li: Function as Narrative

  Lectures

  • Dynamic Use of Data

• Week 6

  Unit 2: Interaction with Data

  Ideas

  Class

  February 28

  • Group Meetings

  • Display Data

  March 02

  • Reading Discussion Lead: Diego

  • Group Meetings

  • Display Data

  Assignment

  Project 2: Iteration

  Project 2: Implementation

  Project

  Elastic Collections

  Reading

  • Jill Lepore: Can the Internet be Archived?

  Lectures

  • Friday 3pm: CD Lecture Series, Pascal Glissman

  • Dynamic Use of Data

• Week 7

  Unit 2: Interaction with Data

  Implementation

  Class

  March 07

  • Display Data Activity review

  • Activity: Class Site

  • Small Crits

  March 09

  • CD Lecture Review

  • Reading Discussion Lead: Emily

  • Activity reviews

  Assignment

  Reading + Discussion Questions, Project 2: Iteration + Implementation

  Project 2: Implementation

  Project

  Elastic Collections

  Reading

  • Catherine D’Ignazio and Lauren Klein: Data Feminism / Collect, Analyze, Imagine, Teach

• Week 8

  Unit 2: Interaction with Data

  Mid-Semester Evaluation

  Class

  March 21

  • Mid-semester review

  March 23

  • Reading Discussion Lead: Jinny

  • Mid-semester review

  Assignment

  Reading + Discussion Questions, Project 2: Implementation

  CD Lecture Response, Project 2: Implementation

  Project

  Elastic Collections

  Reading

  • Marie Hoejlund and Mindy Seu: Sharing as Survival: Mindy Seu on the Cyberfeminism Index

  Lectures

  • Friday 4pm: CD Lecture Series, 908A (E Roon Kang & Andrew LeClair)

• Week 9

  Unit 2: Interaction with Data

  Critique + Intro

  Class

  March 28

  • Project 2 Final Crit — submit URL on canvas before 6:59pm

  March 30

  • CD Lecture Discussion

  • Reading Discussion Lead: Jenna

  • Typography Review + Workshop

  Assignment

  Readings + Discussion Questions

  Finish exercise, refine typography across your sites

  Project

  Elastic Collections

  Reading

  • Helen Gregory: The Adventures of an Avatar and Her Real Girl

  Lectures

  • Public/Private Data

• Week 10

  Unit 3: Interaction with the City

  Ideas

  Class

  April 04

  • Review typography exercise

  • Project 3 Kickoff

  • Activity: Data Visualization

  April 06

  • Activity: Use an API

  • Review Project 3 ideas (remote meetings)

  Assignment

  Project 3: Ideas

  CD Lecture Response, Project 3: Ideas

  Project

  New York City in Data

  Lectures

  • Friday 3pm: CD Lecture Series, Synoptic Office (Caspar Lam & YuJune Park)

• Week 11

  Unit 3: Interaction with the City

  Iteration

  Class

  April 11

  • Week 10 Reading Discussion, Leads: Deeva and Alex

  • Small Group Meetings: Review Iteration

  April 13

  • CD Lecture Review

  • Full Group Presentation

  Assignment

  Project 3: Iteration

  Project 3: Iteration

  Project

  New York City in Data

  Reading

  • Legacy Russell and Momtaza Mehri: Glitching the Master’s House: Legacy Russell and Momtaza Mehri in Conversation
  • Bojana Coklyat and Finnegan Shannon: Alt Text as Poetry

• Week 12

  Unit 3: Interaction with the City

  Implementation

  Class

  April 18

  • Activity: JS Conditionals

  • Individual Meetings

  April 20

  • Reading Discussion, Leads: Lucy and Ein

  • In-class Activity: NYC Jobs

  Assignment

  Project 3: Implementation

  CD Lecture Response, Project 3: Implementation

  Project

  New York City in Data

  Reading

  • Joana Moll: The Hidden Life of an Amazon User
  • Becca Abbe: The Internet’s Back-to-the-Land Movement

  Lectures

  • Friday 3pm: CD Lecture Series, Kelly Walters

• Week 13

  Unit 3: Interaction with the City

  Implementation

  Class

  April 25

  • Activity: Documenting Interactive Work

  • Small Group Crits

  April 27

  • Reading Discussion Lead: Veronica

  • Small Group Crits

  Assignment

  Project 3: Implementation

  Project 3: Implementation

  Project

  New York City in Data

  Reading

  • Darius Kazemi: Run Your Own Social

• Week 14

  Unit 3: Interaction with the City

  Implementation

  Class

  May 02

  • Reading Discussion Lead: Tao

  • Activity: Documentation review

  • 1:1 Meetings

  May 04

  • CD Lecture Review

  • Fill out course feedback form

  • Pair Crits: Notes

  May 05

  • 1:1 Meetings

  Assignment

  Project 3: Implementation

  Project 3: Final presentation

  Project

  New York City in Data

  Reading

  • Shoshana Zuboff: The Coup We Are Not Talking About

• Week 15

  Unit 3: Interaction with the City

  Final

  Class

  May 09

  • Project 3 final presentation

  • Guest Critic: Minkyoung Kim

  • Class reflection and Q&A

  Assignment

  Final Submissions on Canvas

  Project

  New York City in Data

*Note: We will have our final class on Tuesday May 9 instead of Thursday May 11. We will instead be having an extra meeting in the week prior.