Session 6

Reading Reflection

At the top of class, we’ll spend 20 minutes writing a reflection on the reading from last week. As you write, I’ll pick out some highlights to discuss as a class.

Post your reflections here: Reading Reflection – A Vernacular Web

Site Browsing

We’re going to explore some sites and talk about them. When you’re visiting any site, here are some guiding questions to ask yourself about the experience:

• What is the purpose of this site? How is that conveyed?
• What are the main areas of the site? What features does the site have?
• How does this site make you feel? Do you think it was made for a specific audience?
• What era of web design is this from? What’s telling you that?
• What’s the navigation? Is it clear? Are there multiple ways to navigate?
• What kind of space does this site feel like?

Museum sites

• MoMA
• MoMA PS1
• The Whitney

Design firm sites

• 2x4
• Pentagram

Portfolio sites

• Laurel Schwulst
• Daniel Eatock

Artworks (net art)

• this empty room .com, Rafaël Rozendaal
• jodi .org

Education

• Center for Art, Research and Alliances (CARA)
• DMA Salon
• t-y-p-o-g-r-a-p-h-y.org
• Yale School of Art

Any other sites for discussion?

10-minute break

CSS Layout

Today’s lecture is on approaches to CSS layout. Externally linked

Next class

Your fourth entry is due next class.

Submit the URL of your site to Canvas, like so:

USERNAME.github.io/harmonic-collection/entry-4