Layers
by Gretchen on June 17th, 2009
Layers: The first mobile Augmented Reality browser premiers in the Netherlands. Check this out!
Video Book Project - Scenarios 1-4:
by Gretchen on June 4th, 2009
Character Builder - Interactive design concept from grinnert on Vimeo.
Storyboarding in Video Book from grinnert on Vimeo.
Video Attaching and Annotation Design Concept from grinnert on Vimeo.
Movie Making - Prototype for Interactive Project from grinnert on Vimeo.
Flash Catalyst
by Gretchen on June 2nd, 2009
Check out the new flash app being introduced by adobe, Flash Catalyst.
This may drastically change how we teach interaction, and may free up more time for designers to explore user and system interaction without fussing with code. I find this very exciting. I have been anticipating this type of product. Hopefully it will produce what it claims: interactive prototypes and a simple and seamless workflow in Flash.
Now if they can just get Flash content to be searchable AND on the iPhone!
The Booming Population
by Gretchen on May 15th, 2009
Check out this website, Worldmapper. I wish a designer had been involved, but even so, the information is related in a very visual way. Its quite frightening how fast the population is expanding.
Oxygen by Christopher Hendryx
by Gretchen on May 10th, 2009
Oxygen from Christopher Hendryx on Vimeo.
Back in Raleigh
by Gretchen on May 3rd, 2009
I am back in Raleigh, NC for the weekend. A few of my friends are wrapping up their graduate studies at NC State. I am also here to observe the thesis presentations. Its good to see what other schools are doing and how they handle reviews. Its funny because I’ve been through the program here at NC State, but I experienced everything as a grad student. Which pretty much meant that I was anxious, tired and very nervous when I presented.
Now I get to experience the day as a new faculty member. I can’t wait to see what my classmates have completed over the last year. They are a smart, talented bunch. So I am sure to be amazed and be even a tad bit jealous 
I am taking videos all weekend. I will post my videos once I return. Already the footage looks mildly entertaining.
New
by Gretchen on April 28th, 2009
If you’re expecting a description of cool new social networking sites, well, keep holding your breath. I have been teaching Kinetic and Sequential Design 2 at Kent State this semester. Being that its a new class, I have been looking for the best motion design references to serve as samples, and examples for class lectures. I have discovered the following:
And some experimental student work:
Michael Hersud
Crisis of Credit
by Gretchen on March 2nd, 2009
One of my students, Emir, shared this motion graphics gem with me. Its a great example of motion graphics used to educate and inform. Some elements are a bit hard to read and by the end the green gradient is getting old, but content and communication are pretty sound in this movie.
The Crisis of Credit Visualized from Jonathan Jarvis on Vimeo.