A5

Assignment 5

Due

• 9/28/2010 12:00 (noon) on the class website

To-Do - Preparation

Take into Account:

• Lecture on 9/27
• Content of paper: Fischer, G. (2007): "Meta-Design: Expanding Boundaries and Redistributing Control in Design", Proceedings of the Interact'2007 Conference, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, September, pp. 193-206; http://l3d.cs.colorado.edu/~gerhard/papers/Interact-2007.pdf
• Any other resources you find in researching the topic.

To-Do

1. Please work as a group (minimum: 2 members; max: 6 members — discuss the answers among your group members) and submit one answer as a group (clearly identifying the members of your group)
2. Choose a web site and claim it as yours by editing the list on the Meta-Design Sites page (first come – first served)

1. describe your understanding of meta-design in your own words (not copying a paragraph from a paper or a website)
2. setting: you are talking to another student who is interested in design; how would you explain to her/him the strengths and weakness of meta-design as a design methodology
3. analyze the site you selected from a meta-design perspective.

Create Your Response

To create your response, you should first choose a name for it (it's a good idea to have your group-name in the name)

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