Singapore Design Festival Exihibition

favorite exhibit: fight with flowers

introduction of the exhibit: it is a game of war and instead of bullets, the designers decided to use colours instead. And you have to use a “gun” to hit the buildings and tanks, once it is filled with colours, it will explode.

why i like it? because this is the only exhibit that you can pick up the gun(wii game controller) to shoot the tanks and buildings(and there is a guy there to explain how this game works), compared to the others its just walking in and reading or looking at those words and even if you had any doubts there is no one to clear your doubts with.

i found this more fun. because there were a few controllers(so more people can play together) and the colours would mix if different people with different coloured cursors were shooting the targets.

Food For Thoughts

what do i desire?

more money to spend
less stress

imm week 13

1. What is a multimedia CD-ROM title?
multimedia cd-rom should be a engaging and interactive type of cd, such that, when you insert to a computer, it might allow people to click, navigate and get stuffs going, like next page, next catergory, etc. Not only that, but might also be sound and full-motion videos.

2. What are some application of CD-ROM title design? Eg. Educational. Bring examples, if any.
you are able to click/navigate using the interfaces of the software(like going to the next page). For online games for example, to login, to quit.

3. What are the differences between website design and CD-ROM title design?
DIFFERENCE IN AMOUNT OF SPACE TO WORK ON.

for website, you have to keep your images as small as possible so people wont take a very long time to load up you website. due to the small size constrictions, images(when saved) loses certain information. it is true that websites can also put up pictures, video, flash, movies, but the loading time will get longer and longer with more and more things going on on the web.

whereby cd-rom where you have 700mb to work on, you could put music, videos, flash. anything you like, as long as it doesnt exceed that 700mb. and when it is bigger in size, which means you can work on more stuff, like using macromedia director for your cd rom, so as to make it more interactive, appealing to people.

delicious account

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gui mock up

gui mockup

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2 examples of good experience.
playing catching!


why? cause you get to run around, catch everyone if you are the catcher, or not, you will be running around hiding away from the catcher. it is a way or interactivity between you and your friends.

eating steamboat!

why? this is the time when you and your friends/families, will sit around talk and eat together. it is a good experience as not only you get to eat food, you also can talk/chat with the people around you.

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this is something we came across when we are in the science centre, we are supposed to put the chains together crisscrossed. we are supposed to free ourselves without having to take off those cuffs. so, we were trying and trying excitedly and anxiously. only after a long period of time, we managed to free ourselves and we got so elated about it.

and why do i think it is interactive cause, we have to communicate, work together to free ourselves by moving here and there. not only that, we need to think of ways to free ourselves.

KEYWORDS: feedback, response, communication, excited, elated, anxious

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what is web application?
it is a application that you can access through any web browser. it is a program that is designed for a specific task or use on web browsers. All user interactivity (the GUI) is done through web pages, but all data is stored and (mostly) manipulated on the server.

what is the difference between web design and web application?
web design is the process of designing Web pages using html, xhtml, css. while web applications are softwares that people use on the webbrowsers. and, web design is more like arranging and planning out where you want to place pictures and text effectively.

my url is www.jocelynseow.com/imm

web

How do you find this site? (in 3 words)
dull, boring, unattractive

Who do you think the site is created for?
Teenages, aunties which want to go check out where is the outlets located at.

What are the good attributes of the site (in terms
of usability, aesthetic issues, etc)?
some links to navigate around, different font sizes/colours to differentiate the words and headings

they show their discounts/promotions and the information given is very edquate.

What are the bad attributes of the site?
there are no focal points, and some of the links will suddenly disappear.

for example> when you click gift voucher or this card, the contact us disppears, when you click the others, it appears again.

they anyhow use font colours, colours used not constant. The logo may be pink at one time and when you click other navigations, it becomes black back again.

imm flowchart~

this is the one we did together in class.

this is the flowchart we did after we asked someone to sort the cards.