PROFESSORBENJAMIN.BIZ
FALL2025
DES3090 Interactive and Experience Design
resources
discussions
- Discussion no.01, Donald Norman
- Discussion no.02, Default Discrimination Is the Glitch Systemic?
- Discussion no.03, Enshittification
- Discussion no.04, The Matrix + Ruha Benjamin Reloaded
- Discussion no.05, Doing with Images Makes Symbols
- Discussion no.06, Black Gooey Universe
- Discussion no.07, Everything is a Spec
- Discussion no.08, Darmok
- Discussion no.09, The Danger of AI is Weirder than you Think
- Discussion no.10, We Investigated AI Psychosis. What We Found Will Shock You
exercises
projects
VIS1080 Visual Language
resources
discussions
- (Week 01) Discussion Semiotics
- (Week 02) Discussion, Mind Mapping & Gestalt
- (Week 03) Discussion, Composition + More Gestalt
- (Week 04) Discussion; Color, Medium, Materiality
- (Week 05) Discussion, Hierarchy + Reading Pattern
- (Week 07) Discussion, Type Anatomy, Fonts, Patterns, and Layering
- (Week 08) Discussion, Spacing, Legibility, & Code
- (Week 09) Discussion, Feedback + Examples
exercises
handouts
- Project No.01, Handout no.01, Understanding Your Object
- Project No.01, Handout no.02, Generate a Library of Visual Elements
- Project No.01, Handout no.03, Rapid Improvisational Compositions
- Project No.01, Handout no.04, Preliminary Prototypes
- Project No.01, Handout no.05, Refined Prototypes
- Project No.02, Handout no.01, Typeface Workshop
- Project No.02, Handout no.02, Vector Figuration
- Project No.02, Handout no.03, Vector Decoration
General
Purchase College, SUNY-related links
Contacting me
If you need to contact me outside of class please do not hesitate to reach out.
If I do not reply within 48hrs or sooner if you have a more urgent issue, please follow up.
- email(school) → benjamin.santiago@purchase.edu
- email(personal) → santiago.benjamin@gmail.com
- call or text 516 → 592 1375