Time: 4pm Tuesday, March 6th
Place: 202 South Hall

               Understanding Design Representations:
          What Do All Those Lines and Boxes Do For Us, Anyway?
          Harry J. Saddler, Director of Technology, MetaDesign

Designing user interfaces -- or anything, for that matter -- involves the
creation of representations: diagrams, schematics, maps, storyboards,
scenarios, layouts, prototypes, specifications, conversations, and on and
on. There's no doubt that representations are essential to design: we cannot
not represent. But what do design representations represent? What do we
intend them to say, and what do they really say? In this talk, I will
demonstrate and discuss a wide variety of design representations, and
propose the beginnings of a framework to help us select, create, and use
them well in our design work.

BIO
Harry Saddler is a Principal and Director of Technology at MetaDesign San
Francisco. Prior to MetaDesign, he designed systems to support social
awareness and interaction at Xerox PARC and Apple's Advanced Technology
Group, and has been building user interfaces and interactive software for 25
years.