Windows and Mirrors

: Interaction Design, Digital Art and The Myth of Transparency

Jay Bolter and Diane Gromala
MIT Press, 2003
Translated into Japanese, 2004

Chapter 7. Terminal Time : Design in Context

Terminal Time is about cultural contexts and how they define our history. As we answer the loaded questions and watch the resulting video, we are ironically led to think about how our own reading of history is constrained by our cultural identities. Whether we are in the majority or minority in that particular audience, we get to see history being rewritten-for us or against us. (p.134)

Chapter 8. The Art Gallery of SIGGRAPH 2000

The rhythm of digital design, the oscillation between transparency and reflection, is the rhythm of the whole SIGGRAPH Gallery. At times, the gallery is meant to disappear and leave the visitor alone with the pieces. At other times, the visitor is meant to be aware of the gallery as it puts the pieces into focus for her. (p.147)

Chapter 9. Before and After SIGGRAPH 2000

Finally, many leaders in the design community have come to realize the importance of cultural awareness and cross-cultural sensibilities. Aaron Marcus has become a champion of cross-cultural interface design. Albert Badre recognizes the importance of culturally aware design in his book Shaping Web Usability (Badre 2002). And S. Joy Mountford <www.idbias.com/people.html> continues to do work that defies categorization (which is to say that she is appropriately diverse and eclectic for the era of digital media): she is designer, HCI expert, and artist in her work on contextually aware digital interfaces and applications. (p.160)

Cover
About the book
Contents
Chapter 1, 2, 3
Chapter 4, 5, 6
Chapter 7, 8, 9
Colophon

ⓒ Diane Gromala, 2007