http://art.yale.edu:3000

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS PRESENTATION

Presentation

The presentation has clickable links with images of all the sites we discussed.

MEETING 1 NOTES

we want a website that is scalable

would be nice to use a wiki

possibility of using after we graduate

links buy publication links to press kit

stages of implementation: ?

what is our narrative? the development of an exhibition.

what is interesting about developing an exhibition?

Find websites we like before 7 on sunday find general look that we like

usability

MEETING 2 NOTES

What is the next step in this process?

Individual and group goals

Samantha: Developing site architecture. Experience of working on web.

Rob: Learning new programing language (RUBY). Collaboration.

Sebastian: Learning Ruby. Exploring participation architecture.

Romy: Experience of working on web.

Eric N: ?

Andrew: Learning Ruby. Exploring participation architecture.

Group:
- document the process of making an exhibition online.
- how can the website operate as part of the exhibition and not just as collateral

Some questions based on themes

1. TIME and PEOPLE

- Date stamp can be the backbone of the site
- Reveal the process of making the site through time
- Incorporate a newsfeed to acknowledge the moment and culture i.e. NY Times feed on site based on individual preferences
- Student community vs. larger community
- We should differentiate between the two
- We assign different roles to different users
- How much transparency?
- How much of our work do we want to share? Distribute? Circulate?
- Possibilities: downloads, webcam, forum
- Can anyone alter the site? and change each interaction thereafter? (how to treat revisions)\\

gift as a type of module
work as a type of module
writing as a type of module
knowledge as a type of module\\

2. PARTS VS. WHOLE (Group vs. Individual)

- Only the most recent is immediately revealed. - Constructed in parts, in real-time
Use of white space to segment vs. create a cohesive whole
- Dynamic content vs. static

4. TEXT vs. IMAGE
+ primary navigation â?? orient through both type and image.\\

Goal for next week

List Potential Content

Design directions

Site map

TASK LIST

ISSUES
+ access & authorization
+ labeling projects made by multiple people
+ page break down
+ image search + collections
+ documenting the site as it evolves
+ press page
+ some image download as html-keep a look out for this

FUNCTIONS
+ add error message
+ add edit ability
+ add list of paths visited
+ add cancel button
+ add time stamp header
+ add exhibition countdown
+ space bar scrolling
+ fix captions â?? rollovers?
+ text module?
+ collaboration invite module?

AESTHETICS
+ reconsider typography = links, captions, titles, etc.\\