Week 1
Purpose
- Introductions
Course Info
In-Class
- Introductions
- Review Syllabus
- Assign reading and discussion questions
- Assign Project 1
- Show examples of analysis
Resources
Source Webpage
A City Rises in Queens for the U.S. Open
Homework
- With the assigned web page, analyze the overall structure and hierarchy employed. Answer the following questions to inform your analysis.
- What is the sequence you follow as you read? Draw a read line that indicates the path your eyes took.
- What page elements create connection and foster movement through the page. Is it direct? Indirect? Linear? Non-linear? Do they keep you on the page or lead you to other pages?
- How are images, type, composition, rules, gradients, and color used to create flow, pause, and depth.
- Create sketches of your analysis, including your read line.
Visual analysis sketches