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Informatics 121Software Design I

Lecture 1

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Today’s lecture

• Sign-up sheet

• Logistics

• Two design exercises

• Reflection

• First assignment

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Logistics

• http://www.ics.uci.edu/~andre/informatics121f2012.html

• Professor: André van der Hoek (andre@uci.edu)

• TA: Christian Adriano (adrianoc@uci.edu)

• No required book

• No midterm, no final– we will use the final’s time slot, however

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Logistics

• Office hours by appointment only

• Open door policy– DBH 5228– DBH 5038

• E-mail

• IM

• TA will have office hours and you can also reach him via e-mail

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Structure of the class

• Four design studios

• A select few readings

• A video analysis

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Basic tenor of the class

• Team work

• Disagreements

• Constructive criticism

• Pressure

• Creativity

• Satisfaction

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Your first design exercise

• Suppose you are to give out an award for excellence in advertising. Create a design for this award…

• …and be able to explain its meaning…

• …in 10 minutes…

• …and money is no object.

• (We will take some pictures)

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Reflection

• How difficult was it to think of the design for the award?

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• How difficult was it to specify the design for the award?

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Reflection

• Which representation did you use for your design, and why?

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• How easy is it to take your design and turn it into a real award?

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Reflection

• How does your design reflect its meaning?

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Reflection

• How do you think the recipient will react to the award’s design?

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Your second design exercise

• Create a design for your ideal classroom seat to be produced and sold by a major retailer…

• …using any of the following…– paper– pencil– wire– wire cutter– Play-Doh

• …in 20 minutes.

• Cost is a concern, and this will also be your final design that you hand of to the manufacturer for production.

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Reflection

• Who did you keep in mind while designing?

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• What goals did you have in designing?

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• Did you reach your goals with your design?

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• What assumptions did you make in designing?

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• How many different designs did you consider?

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• Who did you keep in mind while designing?

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Reflection

• Did you make any preliminary designs?

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Reflection

• Which design represents the most comfortable classroom seat?

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• Which design represents the most usable classroom seat?

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• Which design represents the sturdiest classroom seat?

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Reflection

• Which design is the cheapest to mass produce?

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Reflection

• Which representation did you choose for your design?

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Reflection

• Could you express everything you wanted of your design?

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Reflection

• Which of these designs would be most useful to the manufacturer?

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First assignment

• Read “Case Study: A Computer Science Perspective on Bridge Design” by Alfred Spector and David Gifford– available on the class web site

• Provide a 1 page summary highlighting…1. …five major lessons to learn from this text2. …how these lessons relate to the design exercises we performed in

class today

• Due Wednesday