is it usable yet?
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Opening keynote presentation for World Usability Day in Bristol, UK 14 November 2013TRANSCRIPT
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By Dan Klyn from#WUDBristol – November 14, 2013IS IT USABLE YET?
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PLACES MADE FROM INFORMATION
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PLACES MADE FROM INFORMATION
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Usability < Architecture
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Micro < Macro
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Ensuring functions function functionally
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Structuring meaning and place-making
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Wurman
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Vitruvius
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firmatatis utilitatis venustatis
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Spaces < Places
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a) firmitatis FirmnessStrength
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b) utilitatis CommodityUtility
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c) venustatisDelightBeauty
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Wright
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B + C
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Johnson
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A + C = B
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Gropius
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A + B = C
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Venturi and Scott Brown
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(A + B) + C
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firmatatis utilitatis venustatis
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By Dan Klyn from
IS IT ARCHITECTURE YET?
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By Dan Klyn from
IS IT USABLE YET?
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1) ORDER ordinatioIts objective is the creation of a hierarchy, the establishment of a rank order among the elements constituting the work by attributing the proper magnitude to each of them.
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2) ARRANGEMENT dispositioDeals with the right placement of the elements, their right grouping, by which the work acquires its unique identity.
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Usable?
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3) PROPORTION eurythmiaIs the attribution of the quality of being well formed to each one of the members, in such a way that the members may be perceived as forming groups distinguished by balanced appearance.
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4) SYMMETRY symmetriaDescribes the internal harmony of the work, achieved when there is consensus formed on the basis of a module, and between members and the whole, that is when the proportions are congruous.
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CONGRUOUS?
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5) PROPRIETY décor Deals with the appropriate articulation, the authoritative construction of the work on principles respecting religion, nature and social conventions.
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6) ECONOMY distributio Aims at achieving the best result with the means one has at one’s disposal.
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for use
places made of information
by people
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OrderArrangement
ProportionSymmetryProprietyEconomy
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