DIA UI DESIGN Questions

Tue Oct 20 17:27:29 UTC 2009

Hi Jenifer and Amy;

Hope this email finds you in the best of spirits.  We're reworking the wireframes and have questions in regards to the presentation of gallery information which requires your input:

1) Can you give us some examples of questions we could use to filter a person's initial selection?

2) What do you think would be more effective having people click on a collections or themes/gallery location?  Also could you confirm that the use of these terms is correct?

Much Thanks, Vicki

COLLECTIONS
=====================
    * Africa, Oceania and the Indigenous Americas
    * American Art
    * The Arts of Asia and the Islamic World
    * European Art
    * Prints, Drawings, and Photographs
    * General Motors Center for African American Art
    * The James Pearson Duffy Department of Contemporary Art
    * Performing Arts

LOCATIONS
======================
ABOUT CHILDREN [S250]
AFRICAN [N100] 
AFRICAN [N101]
AFRICAN AMERICAN [N281]
 AFRICAN AMERICAN [N282]
 AFRICAN AMERICAN [W274]
 AMERICAN [W280]
 AMERICAN [W282]
 AMERICAN [W284]
 AMERICAN [W284]
 AMERICAN [W284]
AMERICAN [W285] 
AMERICAN [W290] 
AMERICAN [W293]
AMERICAN [W264]
 AMERICAN [W270]
AMERICAN [W271]
AMERICAN [W272]
AMERICAN [W273]
AMERICAN [W261]
ANCIENT GREEK AND ROMAN [S201]
ANCIENT GREEK AND ROMAN [S202]
ANCIENT GREEK AND ROMAN [S2AA]
British Art Gallery (S381) [S381]
CONTEMPORARY [N240]
CONTEMPORARY [N241]
CONTEMPORARY [N250]
CONTEMPORARY [N284]
CONTEMPORARY [N285]
CONTEMPORARY [N286]
CONTEMPORARY [N221]
DUTCH GOLDEN AGE [S380]
East/West Corridor Outside Lecture/Recit [W1A]
EGYPTIAN [W160]
ERA OF REVOLUTION [S301]
ERA OF REVOLUTION [S331]
EUROPEAN : MEDIEVAL [C263]
EUROPEAN : MEDIEVAL [C263]
EUROPEAN : MEDIEVAL [W242]
EUROPEAN : MEDIEVAL [W251]
EUROPEAN : RENAISSANCE [W220]
EUROPEAN : RENAISSANCE [W230]
EUROPEAN : RENAISSANCE [W231]
EUROPEAN : RENAISSANCE [W232]
EUROPEAN : RENAISSANCE [W233]
EUROPEAN : RENAISSANCE [W234]
EUROPEAN : RENAISSANCE [W240]
EUROPEAN : RENAISSANCE [W241]
EUROPEAN : RENAISSANCE [W241]
European Decorative Arts Court (S350) [S350]
European Decorative Arts Court (S350) [S350]
European Decorative Arts Court (S350) [S350]
FASHIONABLE LIVING (including KANZLER) [S330]
Gothic Chapel (W252) - EUROPEAN MEDIEVAL [W252]
Great Hall [W200]'5847'>HIGBY COTTAGE - AMERICAN [W260]
Kresge Court [W150]'5738'>Kresge Court [W150]
Kresge Court [W150]
Lawn areas border John R Street [JONR]
MODERN [C233]
MODERN [C234]
MODERN [C235]
MODERN [C236]
MODERN [N230]
MODERN [N220]
NATIVE AMERICAN [S130]
NATIVE AMERICAN [S131]
Northwest Lawn at corner of Woodward and [LAWN]
Octagonal Graphic Arts Gallery, East of  [W131]
Octagonal Graphic Arts Gallery, West of  [W132]
Rivera Court [C200]
Schwartz Galleries (W130) - PRINTS AND D [W130]
Stairway and Landings inside Whitby Hall [WS11]
Whitby Hall - North Drawing Room (W263)  [W263]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Victoria Moulder" <vmoulder at sfu.ca>
To: "Jennifer Czajkowski" <Czajkows at dia.org>
Cc: "Swarupa Anila" <SAnila at dia.org>, "David Penney" <PENNEY at dia.org>, "Madeleine Winslow" <MWinslow at dia.org>, "Amy Foley" <FOLEY at dia.org>, "Jess Mitchell" <jess at jessmitchell.com>, "Colin Clark" <colin.clark at utoronto.ca>, "fluid-work" <fluid-work at fluidproject.org>
Sent: Wednesday, 14 October, 2009 15:01:30 GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
Subject: Re: DIA advance organizers

Hi Jenifer et al,

Thank you for another fantastic meeting!! It is truly remarkable to be working in partnership with all of you at the DIA, along side a global coalition of designers and developers.

The “advance organizers” documentation will be very helpful.  Our design team is meeting this Friday to discuss strategies/tools for working through the next wireframe iteration.  Following this meeting we'll send you an update, with next steps and a possible meeting time.

Best, Vicki

Vicki Moulder
School of Interactive Arts & Technology 
Simon Fraser University, Surrey, BC, Canada
www.interactionart.org
vmoulder at sfu.ca

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jennifer Czajkowski" <Czajkows at dia.org>
To: "Jess Mitchell" <jess at jessmitchell.com>, "Colin Clark" <colin.clark at utoronto.ca>, vmoulder at sfu.ca
Cc: "Swarupa Anila" <SAnila at dia.org>, "David Penney" <PENNEY at dia.org>, "Madeleine Winslow" <MWinslow at dia.org>, "Amy Foley" <FOLEY at dia.org>
Sent: Wednesday, 14 October, 2009 13:54:57 GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
Subject: DIA advance organizers

Thanks to you and the rest of the team for another great meeting today. I really appreciate the enormous brain power you all are putting into this, and it is so very cool that smart people all over the world (literally) are working together to create this thing that we will test here in Detroit. 

During the meeting today I mentioned that we had “advance organizers” in the galleries, and that they seemed to correspond to a page in the wireframes where visitors were given a bit of information about a tour, to help them decide whether they wanted to add that tour to their “my tours” list. Here are pdfs of a few, along with the logic that goes into them. I thought the parallels were interesting and might help as you think through the details. The AOs are about 40cm high by 75cm wide and are located on stands at entrances to major suites of galleries. 

Could you please share with the rest of the team? 

Thanks, 

jennifer 

Jennifer Wild Czajkowski 

Director, Interpretive Programs 

Dept of Learning & Interpretation 

313.833.5989 