The amazing Abby Covert kicked off our distinguished lecture series with her talk titled ‘Make Sense: Information Architecture for Everybody’. Her presentation was an entertaining overview of what, at it’s core, IA is and how it comes up in our everyday lives (the answer: pretty much everywhere). She covered everything from IA problems to tools that can be used to solve those problems, and even fit in explanations of ontologies and taxonomies.… Continue Reading »

Thank you to everyone who was able to attend the Basics of Freelance talk at our last meeting! Active links and the slideshow are below.

Please join the Pratt UX/IA group for the first talk in the group’s Distinguished Speaker Series. Abby Covert will present her talk “Make Sense: Information Architecture for Everyone,” to the Pratt community. The talk will be held on February 3, in room 213 of the Pratt Manhattan campus. Please RSVP for the event. Doors will open at 5:45pm.… Continue Reading »

Here are the suggested resources from Paul Lau’s talk in early December. We hope everyone enjoyed the presentation!

Tapworthy: Designing Great iPhone Apps: http://www.amazon.com/Tapworthy-Designing-Great-iPhone-Apps/dp/1449381650

Apple Human Interface Guidelines (HIG): https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/userexperience/conceptual/mobilehig/

Android Design Guidelines: http://developer.android.com/design/index.html

Windows Design Guidelines: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/windows/apps/hh781237

Blackberry Developer Guidelines: http://docs.blackberry.com/en/developers/deliverables/17965/… Continue Reading »

Due to conflicts with Halloween and the Halloween Parade, the next Pratt UX/IA meeting will be held on Thursday November 7th. At the meeting we will be discussing the NYU Practicum, upcoming workshops and events, and announcing a new competition. April Siqueiros will also be sharing her UX / IA portfolio with the group!… Continue Reading »

Tuesday, Oct 22 @ 5:50pm in Room 609

Have you ever wondered about how user experience (UX) works at a large academic library? If so, come hear Nadaleen Tempelman-Kluit, Discovery and Digital Access Librarian at New York University, explain about how she was able to introduce UX methods and tools to NYU’s library community, talk about the types of UX projects she’s done for the library, and describe the challenges she faces in bringing a UX perspective to improve the library’s services.… Continue Reading »