Uncanny Parallels

by KEVIN SILVER :: JUL 27, 2007 :: COMMENTS (0)

Last week I had the pleasure to catch Scott McCloud speaking on his 50 state Making Comics tour. His book Understanding Comics is classic. The cross-over between comics and the filed of experience design (inclusive of interaction design–especially IxD–and information architecture) is uncanny. It seems that this relationship continues in his new book Making Comics; which I have yet to buy. Scott’s passion is definitely comics and he is an astute observer and scholar of comics form. Though I have never been much of a comic book reader, I do love comic strips in the paper. So I felt a bit out of place at the talk, I did find some–again–uncanny crossover between Scott’s world of comics and mine.

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tags: EXPERIENCE DESIGN, INTERACTION DESIGN, MAKING COMICS, SCOTT MCCLOUD, UNDERSTANDING COMICS, UXD

 

Scott McCloud in ABQ

by KEVIN SILVER :: JUL 11, 2007 :: COMMENTS (0)

I was totally stoked to find out that Scott McCloud, author of one of my favorite books: Understanding Comics, is going to be speaking in Albuquerque on Wednesday, July 18th as part of the Making Comics Tour. Here are the details:

Wednesday, July 18, 7:00 PM
The Art Center Design College, 5000 Marble NE
admission: $10 general admission
get info: 505-344-4542

Hope to see you there!

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tags: COMICS, SCOTT MCCLOUD, UNDERSTANDING COMICS

 

UX Matters Article

by KEVIN SILVER :: JUL 11, 2007 :: COMMENTS (0)

An article I wrote on, "What Puts the Design in Interaction Design", was published in the July 2007 issue of UX Matters. Take a look.

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tags: DESIGN, FORM, INTERACTION DESIGN, QUALITIES