- Louis, B, (2011) Adobe Photoshop CS5: In Simple Steps, Pearson, ISBN978-0-273-73682-0
- Hartman, A, (2011) Exploring Adobe illustrator CS5: A designers guide to the art of digital illustration, Delmar Cengage Learning, ISBN-13-978-1-111-13036-7
- Botello, C, (2011) Adobe Illustrator CS5 Revealed, Delmar Cengage Learning, ISBN-13-978-1-111-13048-0
- Benyon, D (2010) Designing Interactive Systems: A Comprehensive Guide to HCI and Interaction Design, Addison Wesley; 2 edition, ISBN-10: 0321435338

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The weekly lecture will support the one lab session of two hours each week. The lab sessions will be used to explore design issues and factors associated to different platforms. Group discussions will also take place in these sessions to encourage many design ideas and perspectives to be explored. Lab sessions will focus heavily on developing the students design skills in using applications such as Photoshop and Illustrator specifically for diverse platform design.

Design applications such as Adobe Photoshop, and Illustrator
Kiosk display
Mobile devices such as phones and tablet devices

Mental models and task design for different device platforms
Creating consistent aesthetic design for multiple devices
Advanced use of Photoshop and Illustrator for design representation on multiple devices
Users, HCI and Usability associated to different platforms
General design review and evaluation principles and practices
Mapping designs and interaction methods to diverse platforms
Global design issues
Creating brand based presences

The assignment consists of a 2000 word report used to document and support the design of multiple aesthetic design artefacts / elements related to diverse computing platforms (e.g. mobile devices, PC, Kiosks, navigation devices, and interactive TV etc. as examples).
(Learning Outcomes 1-3)