Website Development: Part 1 [Concept]
Your objective is to develop and implement innovative communication experiences (informative, sequential and interactive) for the web. You will act as author, art director, and curator of this content while using the world-wide-web as a vehicle for community building and network-driven collaboration(s).
There will be 4 parts to this project:
[Concept] + [Design] + [Production] + [Promotion]
On Thursday, August 27th your initial draft for [concept] is due. Based on our
meeting, you will have one week to research, revise and further develop your proposal to share in a group critique. Do not concern yourself too much with design or technology at this stage in the game. Simply focus on your [concept]. It needs to be strong. This piece will exist in your portfolio.
Your project must encompass two or more of the following elements:
1. Design Centric – Specifically relating to the field of Design in any way that interests you. Consider knowledge, inspiration, sense of value.
2. Community Based - A site that is network driven. Engages a community or (sub) culture(s). There must be an element of significance to your site. This could be anything from netflix to instructables.
3. Global/Local Movement - Can be fiction or non-fiction. genpets, nikeground, criticalmass.
If you are in any way confused about where your idea may fall within these categories come talk to me. Your concept does not have to fit these definitions exactly, but can be a culmination multiple possibilities. It is important that you are motivated and excited about the subject that you choose. Remember, you will be working with this concept for 15 weeks.
Additional parameters when considering [concept]
Thought provoking.•
Culturally significant. •
Community building.•
A comprehensive site. Many pages. Mucho content. •
Consider yourself the curator/author/art director/editor of this website.•
Is there enough content to fill a semester’s project?•
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