Order Kiosk \\ St. Edward’s University

Interaction Design : Spring 2008

Students worked in groups to create an interface for an order kiosk at Sandy’s Hamburgers. The group project allowed students to experience the entire project life cycle, from flow charts and visual identity sketches to paper prototypes and usability tests, in a timeline expedited by teamwork.

   Team A

   Team D

Shifting Narratives \\ St. Edward’s University

Interaction Design : Spring 2008

Students designed an interactive experience of a short, narrative text to learn about juxtapositions and sequencing of content. Students analyzed the text for the narrative structure and organized the story into a sequence of illustrated screens. Annotations and multiple navigation options also added to the layered meanings uncovered in the experience.

   Jumanji >>

   The Allegory of the Cave >>

   Slade >>

Event Response \\ St. Edward’s University

Topics in Graphic Design : Fall 2007

Students created an interactive experience about a contemporary event of cultural significance. Through creating fluid relationships between aspects of the event, students discovered that they could help author the user’s understanding of the event.

   Coachella Music Festival >>

   Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Book Release >>

   Halo 3 Game Release >>

For or Against \\ St. Edward’s University

Topics in Graphic Design : Fall 2007

Students produced one public service announcement about a culturally relevant issue — promoting or opposing the issue. The 15- or 30-second spots employed motion graphics to establish credibility and persuade the audience.

   Adopt >>

   Toss the TAKS

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   Universal Health Care >>

Concept Maps \\ St. Edward’s University

Junior Studio : Spring 2007

Students designed a reference poster for a high school classroom on a complex subject, such as global warming, global positioning systems, or credit scores. Students worked out relationships between the subject’s terminology and focused on making design decisions that supported the content.

   Global Warming

   Crime Scene Investigation

   Electoral College

Field Guide \\ St. Edward’s University

Junior Studio : Spring 2007

Students created a field guide to a particular facet of Austin. The students defined parameters around their project in order to be observant, focused, and detailed, rather than creating an overwhelming tome on Austin. The critique required students to go out in the city with another student’s guide.

   A Field Guide to Austin Manhole Covers

   Nightlights: A Field Guide to Lamps at the University of Texas

Team T-shirts \\ St. Edward’s University

Digital Imaging I : Spring 2006

Students learned the basics of image manipulation in Photoshop by teaming up and playing their way through a set of instructions, which they drew from a paper bag. Each instruction required the students to use a different tool and work together to develop a creative way to alter the image. At the final step, the team could make one tweak before printing the images on t-shirts.

   Team 2

   Team 3

Play Posters \\ Austin Community College

Typography : Spring 2005

Students designed one image-based and one typography-based poster to promote a play. The project focused on developing a hierarchy of information from the required content.

   Mahabarat: image-based

Optical Mixing \\ Austin Community College

Color Theory : Fall 2004

Students worked as a group to learn the color theory technique of pointillism. Each student was assigned one color marker for the projectís duration and collaborated with fellow students to negotiate the use of color dots to create an approximate version of the assigned photograph.

   Image after one session