Where is Tin Hau?

Where is Tai Koo?

• Schemes of composition and organization

– Linear > easiest– Matrix >okay– Clusters >difficult

http://www.visualthesaurus.com/online/index.html

Clusters are very effective in representing ideas

however, in order to make it practical, several linear navigation aids are required

Asymptote and Virtual Guggenheim• http://www.asymptote.net

beneath all that dynamic experience, the navigation is still linear

How many auxiliary navigation aids can you find?

Virtual Guggenheim by Asymptote.No matter what the complexity is, linearnavigation is the only practical solution

• http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/timelines/wales/paviland.shtml

a plain and honest timeline

finding a dominating direction

Vertical or horizental?

Vertical:

• Golden peak park– http://vail.snow.com/terrainpark/

vr505.html

• Diesel– http://dieselmarketing.com

Horizental:

Yu Ying Yuanghttp://www.pem.org/yinyutang/

Flash and HTML Hybridization

What is the web?-a collection of digital resources-a connection between people-why is there a designer?-where is art in the scheme of things?

Why Flash?-design directly-easy to create motion and animation-everybody sees the same thing (well, almost)-designer and artist have all the control!!

Why Not Flash?-it is a plug in-breaks all the browser tools-defeats the true purpose of the web-too easy to use, leading to bad design

Example: Parsons School of Design-www.parsons.edu

-breaks all the browser tools-www.adamsgolf.com

-large meta tags

Flash will never be able to be fully accessible, as web devices are fast growing

-Augmentative and Alternative Communication Devices

-Screen Reader Software

-Tactile Output device

Gratuitous Flash:-http://www.kmb.hk/

A Beautiful Experience?-http://www.gazing-into-raindrops.com/

flash.html

Not Gratuitous, but problematic-http://www.martielotoledo.com/-http://www.undocorp.com/

Do you need flash to be cool?-http://julien.moulin.free.fr/

Why HTML?-efficiency in storage, update, delivery-accessible for search engines and translations-easy to personalize and reassemble-users have all the control!!

Why not HTML?-wants to be ugly-not designer friendly-wants to be static