| Date | Teacher | Place | Topic | Lecture notes / comments |
| 17.01.2005 | Dino Karabeg? | Ifi, Store Auditorium? | Introduction to Information Design? | Simly said, information design is conscious creation and use of information. As an academic subject, information design spans a broad variety of interests, ranging from multimedia web design tools to fundamental questions about knowledge and consciousness. The students are invited to explore this rich and exciting space according to their own interests, mainly through project work.? |
| 24.01.2005 | Lars Marius Garshol, Development Manager, ONTOPIA, Norway. Since finishing his computer science degree at Oslo University in 1999 he has added Unicode support to the Opera web browser, written a book on XML application development, and worked as an SGML/XML consultant for several years. He is an editor of ISO 13250-2: Topic Maps -- Data Model; ISO 13250-3: Topic Maps -- XML Syntax; and ISO 18048: Topic Maps Query Language. ? | Ifi, Store Auditorium? | Introduction to Topic Maps ? | Topic Maps allow us to organize and find information on the Web. They also serve as foundation for the flexible learning approach used in our class. ? |
| 31.01.2008 | Dino Karabeg? | Store Auditorium, Ifi? | Tackling the Information Overload? | Is it really true that we already have too much information? Information overload puts the very usefulness of information into question. The methodological approach to information offers solutions.? |
| 07.02.2005 | Dino Karabeg? | Store Auditorium, Ifi? | Truth By Design? | The post-modern relativism discloses our inability to create common 'truth' (what we as society jointly believe in). Probably the most exciting and at the same time most fundamental novelty brought by information design is that it allows us to create solid, scientific-like facts about questions of common interest, even when those questions are far beyond the scope of traditional sciences.? |
| 14.02.2005 | Reidar Holtskog, Professor, KHIO. Professor Holtskog is one of the leading Norwegian communication designers. He co-designed the Norwegian Profile and the 1994 Winter Olympic Profile, among others. ? | Store Auditorium, Ifi? | Graphic Profiling? | Colors, fonts and other elements of the graphic profile play a subtle and often neglected, yet central role in information design. Like the tone of the voice or the clothes we wear in a social occasion, the graphic profile can be formal or informal, appropriate or inappropriate. In any event, the graphic profile communicates a strong message which we need to have under control. ? |
| 21.02.2005 | Dino Karabeg? | Store Auditorium, Ifi? | Creation of meaning? | It is now well known that we are not discovering but creating our picture of reality. In information design we undertake to create the reality picture which can best orient our actions. Like the view from the top of a mountain, the designed information can give us a clear vision and show us where we need to go.? |
| 28.02.2005 | B ? rge Bjelland and ? rjan Helland? | Store Auditorium, Ifi? | Digital Branding? | Information overload has affected also the business world, where millions of brands struggle to establish visibility and identity in the information jungle. Internet, of course, has provided a new arena for this struggle. What are the key characteristics of this new medium? How are they best exploited to give strength and vitality to a brand? This lecture will give a complete introduction to digital brand building, covering both its information design and organizational aspects. We shall see examples of the use of information design in an area where the economic effects of communication strategies are dramatic and immediate.? |
| 07.03.2005 | ?se Brandvold. Designer, editor in VRENG and Addbusters Network activist. ? | Store Auditorium, Ifi ? | Information, Not Manipulation. Part 1: The Addbusters Approach.? | The power of information can be used either to manipulate us or to liberate us. The Addbusters is a network of graphic and media designers who want to put their life's work and talent on the liberation side of the scale. The Addbusters use images, metaphors, humor and other information design means to dispel the myths that are created by advertising.? |
| 07.03.2005 | Dino Karabeg? | Store Auditorium, Ifi ? | Information, Not Manipulation. Part 2: The Information Design Approach. ? | In what ways can information design help us harness the power of information? First of all by giving us a correct idea or perspective of information, which shows how information really affects us. Second, by giving us a correct perspective of power, which accounts for the pervasive role of information. And finally, by basing information creation and use on a written convention or methodology, which makes information a part of the 'social contract'. ? |
| 14.03.2005 | EXAM WEEK ? | ? | NO LECTURE? | ? |
| 21.03.2005 | EASTER HOLIDAY? | ? | NO LECTURE? | ? |
| 28.03.2004 | EASTER HOLIDAY? | ? | NO LECTURE? | ? |
| 04.04.2005 | Simon Clatworthy Simon Clatworthy is Professor of Interaction Design at the Oslo School of Design and Architecture (AHO) where he is responsible for the masters course in Interaction Design. His background is in the area of Experience Design and Strategic Design and his interests are in the area of Interaction Design and the creation of memorable user experiences through interactions with technology. ? | Store Auditorium, Ifi? | Information Visualization? | The presentation gives an overview of interesting principles and examples within the area of information visualization. Focus is upon matching visual design to perception and cognition. The presentation is aimed to be more inspirational than educational, with focus being upon examples.? |
| 11.04.2005 | Dino Karabeg and Karin Furst? | Store Auditorium, Ifi ? | XML, e-Business and Globalization? | The HTML has turned the Internet into a world-wide library. The XML has turned the Internet into a world-wide business integration platform. This lecture introduces the main e-business concepts and ideas. Socio-cultural consequences ('globalization') are also discussed.? |
| 11.04.2005 | Karin Furst, Jan Egil Hagen and Dino Karabeg? | Store Auditorium, Ifi ? | Authentic Travel International Project? | Internet and e-business can help us travel in an authentic way and truly meet distant people and cultures. The goal of our Authentic Travel International project is to create a complete authentic travel e-business infrastructure. The project raises a number of interesting questions and themes in web design, e-business, knowledge representation and brandingj.The negative effects of globalization are now well known. But when used with foresight, the power of e-business and globalization can be used to reverse the negative trends and make the world a better place. Our Authentic Travel International project shows how. This project is a prototype example of a new research direction which we have called 'memetic engineering'. ? |
| 18.04.2005 | Almira Karabeg? | Store Auditorium, Ifi ? | Introduction to Visual Literacy? | Decoding and creating visual messages needs education. We are not truly literate before we have mastered this art. ? |
| 18.04.2005 | Almira Karabeg? | Store Auditorium, Ifi? | Towards a Visual Information Design Methodology? | Visual information design, becoming increasingly important with the development of the new digital media, also needs to be based on a methodology. This lecture will outline visual design methodological concepts and principles.? |
| 25.04.2005 | S?lvi A. Lindseth Barber, Producer and Director, Hybris Film AS? | Store Auditorium, Ifi ? | When the story is everything? | This lecture is about how information is communicated through film, AR-technology and multimedia. Why are the good stories today constructed in the same manner as in Classical Greece?What characterizes such a story and how can stories be used as information channels? ? |
| 02.05.2005 | Dino Karabeg? | Lille Auditorium, Ifi? | Information Design - Informing For The 21st Century? | Is information design the future of informing? Hear this lecture and participate in the discussion.? |
| 09.05.2005 | Student project groups? | Store Auditorium, Ifi? | Project Presentations? | Watching the student presentation at the end of the term is a true dessert - a multifaceted learning experience and a source of inspiration. ? |
| 23.05.2005 | Movie projection? | Store Auditorium, Ifi? | The Corporation? | As an award-winning documentary about some of the most striking global developments, The Corporation is an excellent example of information design in action. The Corporation will also inspire us to be conscious participants in the global developments, be it by doing information design or in other ways.? |
Teaching plan
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