Week 0: Introduction

Lecture: Introduction to the class structure, concepts, and methods, and overview of semester schedule. Discussion on iconic design and their salient features. Overview of class application process.
Lab: HTML, CSS, templates, CMS, JQuery
Assignment: Design a portfolio website to showcase your work over the course of the semester.

Inspriring Videos

• Objectified Trailer
  
• Helvetica Trailer
• Urbanized (2011)
• Powers of Ten (1977)
  by Charles and Ray Eames
• Charles and Ray Eames
• Mies Van Der Rohe
  Architecture as language
• James Turrell
  Roden Crater
• Olafur Eliasson
  The Weather Project

10 Iconic Designs

• Barcelona Pavilion
  by Mies Van Der Rohe
• Guggenheim Bilbao
  by Frank Ghery
• Beetle
  by Volkswagen
• PH Artichoke
  by Louis Poulsen
• Instant Camera
  by Polaroid
• Molded Fiberglass Chair
  by Charles & Ray Eames
• Iphone
  by Apple
• Juicer
  by Philippe Stark
• Espresso Maker
  by Bialetti
• Lucellino
  by Ingo Maurer

Version Control

Git GitHub Dropbox

Web Development

W3C HTML HTML5 Jade Markdown GitBook Pandoc (g)vim emacs Atom Sublime Geany Brackets Eclipse LibreOffice SeaMonkey Dreamweaver JavaScript Bootstrap jQuery

Blogs, Wikis, Content Management Systems

Jekyll DokuWiki TiddlyWiki Hatta-Wiki MoinMoin GetSimple Moveable Type Jekyll WordPress Drupal Moodle

Project Management Principles

demand- vs supply-side time management
serial vs parallel development
spiral development
bottom-up vs top-down debugging
hierarchy, modularity
Mythical Man-Month