So, if I said music theory tells me that major chords induce a happy state and minor chords the opposite. Are you saying that is not a must know in progressive menu system? I agree with you though. Someone does not have to know it has been labeled and studied with these traits to convey their emotion. It''s either going to work or not. No, debate. Sound is the most often overlooked element with the most valuable impact.
Light and sound are your friends. They reveal the correct path.... On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 11:15 AM, Leonardo Parra Agudelo < lpa...@uniandes.edu.co> wrote: > > Well, I'm not thinking of the interface, what I'm trying to do is to find a > way to look at sound from a design perspective, as a non-musician and > non-sound expert, I find extremely complicated to look at sound, and think > of it as a useful medium in design, even though in some cases sound is > critical to an interface. Let me put an example here, think of processing, a > programming environment for artists and designers without the structural > knowledge acquired in engineering programs. It is certain that to understand > and make things with processing, there's a need for an introduction to > programming, but it's way less painful than digging into C++ from scratch, > if you're not familiar with programming structures. Such a perspective, put > in sound, would be a great resource for interaction design, and the all > design siblings. > > : ) > > -Leonardo. > > > > On Jan 26, 2009, at 6:33 PM, Aaron Harmon wrote: > > What are you looking at with sound? If you're phoenetic utterances and >> language, then linguistics and in particular the subfield of discourse >> analysis are particularly useful. >> >> The book This Is Your Brain On Music is a good primer for how the brain >> processes music. It can be a good gateway to music theory as well. >> >> Abstract sound interfaces are also useful, but often less informative - >> telling the user input is required (like dialtone) or as a warning (sirens >> and car horns or the beeping crosswalks in Oakland, CA). >> >> What sort of sound interface where you imagining? >> >> -Aaron >> >> >> On Jan 26, 2009 3:20 PM, "Leonardo Parra Agudelo" <lpa...@uniandes.edu.co> >> wrote: >> >> Hi All, >> >> >> I just started working with sound as a source of information, among >> other things, and my starting point was Gestalt, and basic design >> principles to study sound pieces, from sound artists to raw pop, it >> seems to me there's a need to put together some sort of document >> which talks about this, framing sound within our design realm. And >> I'm not talking from the "sound design" perspective, since it appears >> to be a whole different discipline. What I'm looking for is, to find >> a design answer to understand sound as a critical piece of a >> communication/product/interactive/experience piece. >> I've been in touch with the max/msp community, but their approach to >> sound is located further away in the art spectrum. So my questions >> are quite broad, who's working on this, and which docs/books should I >> look for to find further info? >> >> Thank you very much! >> >> Best, >> >> Leonardo Parra. >> >> >> ________________________________________________________________ >> Reply to this thread at ixda.org >> http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=37669 >> >> ________________________________________________________________ >> Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! >> To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org >> Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe >> List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines >> List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help >> >> > Leonardo Parra Agudelo > lpa...@uniandes.edu.co > Full Time Faculty > Design Department > Architecture and Design School > Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá-Colombia [57-1]-3394949 xt 3268 > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
