Videos+on+the+design

**On Usability in Interaction Design**
Jarod Spool is a keynote speaker on the topic of usability and interaction design. This video done for MFA is quite long video but worth watching!

media type="custom" key="10838819" width="160" height="160"
This one is shorter and very entertaining. New York Times columnist, David Pogue, discusses worst-interface-design offenders - some of the blame belongs to the users... but some issues are due to making things smaller/ simpler and "better"!!

**On Storytelling in Design**
In this very interesting talk, Jason Santa Maria talks about how the influence of Print Design has affected his web designs.

media type="custom" key="10838831" width="160" height="160" align="left"

This quick talk is about the importance of theft(!) in user design... but is also about the human story.

media type="youtube" key="8CtC_qbQ51U" height="288" width="512" align="left"

**On Beauty** in Design
This entertaining TED talk by Richard Seymour talks about the emotional functionality of objects. He asks, how do we tell that something is **beautiful**? Why does it matter so much to use?

media type="custom" key="10837313" align="left" width="194" height="166"

Another great talk, set in animation, by Denis Dutton explores the "Darwinian theory of pleasure..."

media type="custom" key="10837349" align="left" width="258" height="202"

This amusing talk, from Paul Bennett shows a series of inspiring, unusual and playful products. Design doesn't have to be about grand gestures, but can solve small, universal and overlooked problems.

media type="custom" key="10903754" align="left"

The ADDIE model: media type="youtube" key="Ok0-ctDoKhM" height="315" width="420"