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Seminar »Dynamic Information Design«

Summer semester 2010
Aachen University of Applied Sciences
12 Weeks (with 12-18 hrs/week)

Goals

This seminar explores design for dynamic & interactive information systems. New tools and programming environments like Processing are used to manage complex data visually.

Task

Participants are using software tools to experiment visual information display by coding.

Weblog

http://campusphere.de/dynamicinfo/

Other links

Result

The seminar is currently ongoing. Visit the weblog for current information.

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