Author Archives: Sarah Smalley

I appreciated what I learned throughout Design is Storytelling, but from this reading, something that held my attention was the use of affordances in storytelling. This is something to which I had not previously given much thought. I see now that affordances are everywhere and invite interaction, whether intentionally or not. Affordances exist physically andContinue reading “Design is Storytelling Response (October 29)”

This reading put some of my feelings toward accessibility in museums into words. This Summer, when I attended the Venice Biennale with my study abroad class, I enjoyed the experience but did not realize until later, when another student brought it up, that the entire Biennale was fairly inaccessible to anyone with mobility issues orContinue reading “Design Beyond Vision Response (October 29)”

We have refined our idea for project 3 so that it has a stronger narrative development rather than simply illustrating the six memos. We will still create a poster series, but now it will be a retelling of a classic story:

Good Data Viz: https://pudding.cool/2018/08/pockets/ This interactive data visualization tells a story of pockets in women’s and men’s fashion. It is a short article that includes data visuals as you scroll. The numbers are presented in a way that can be quickly understood through visuals. The visuals compliment the story but can be understood alone. BadContinue reading “Exercise 8 (October 24)”

Most of the feedback I received for project 2 was to work on my pacing. The adjustments I have made to this version of the video include cleaning up some of the timing on the audio so it feels more comfortable and less rushed and choppy, as well as extending the timing on the callContinue reading “Project 2 Revisions”

Jane Alison’s discussion of narrative included some eye opening thoughts. Thinking of narrative as different potential shapes helped me, as mostly visual learner, to visualize what a story’s experience might look like. Radial and circular narratives create a different experience than the typical arc or wave. The “explosion” example was most interesting to me. AlisonContinue reading “Meander, Spiral, Explode / Response (October 22)”