To support my practise have realised there is a need to understand the history of design, and the history of communication. Like myself majority of web designers have come from a graphic design background, after all the world wide web really isn’t that old. On my research in this particular area I was presented with [...]
The Design Proposal: How can the design for the web influence and create trust for the audience who use it? This investigation will consider how design for web-based communication can influence and create trust for the audience who use it. It shall take apart key components that make up the web, gathering supporting knowledge to [...]
Component 1: The Literature Search In my practice I am interested in answering how the design of the web can influence and create trust for the audience who use it. There are many resources on user experience and accessibility however I have found there to be no in depth research in to the user within [...]
Following our first presentation on our research so far I thought I would write it up and the feedback and next steps that came from it. So here goes: To understand how I approached my research I have begun by showing how and where it all began. The many questions I had my time in [...]
Methodology I want to take my findings in my research and compile a study with reference to past experiments but applied to the context of the Internet today. Many of the studies of human behavior being referenced still to date were conducted anything from 10 to 50 years ago and not within the digital sector. [...]
MA Design: Learning Agreement The Question/Topic: How can the design of the web influence and create trust for the audience who use it? Breaking down this question…(research plan) • Who uses the web in this day and age, and what for? • Understanding cognitive psychology – how people think. The findings/understandings/experiments done to date that [...]
So I thought whilst I have the time off I would pop along to the first CCRAM Conference to see what it’s all about. I have been reliably informed we may be doing one in our second so whilst taking the time off I thought I would get some tips! It’s proving to be of [...]
Four weeks in and I have books and research coming out of my ears. The lessons have been really interesting and been very much based around the area I am wanting to research. On top of my independent research the readings we have been given have lead me to find additional resource to help me [...]
Now I have started all this research, as stated in Research Methods – Research After 4 Weeks! and brained dumped my findings so far my brain has been ticking away to how this research can be applied in to my Design Practice. But most important its about finding that topic, that question to focus my [...]
Day one of the MA begins. I thought I would start as I mean, or hope, to carry on! Plus I need to write…it can be an area of weakness for me, and there is no way I am letting it let me down! My brain hurts with so many ideas, thoughts, concerns, excitement about [...]