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Eli Blevis is an Associate Professor of Informatics in the Human-Computer Interaction Design program of the School of Informatics and Computing at Indiana University, Bloomington. His primary area of research, and the one for which he is best known, is sustainable interaction design. This area of research and his core expertise are situated within the confluence of human computer interaction as it owes to the computing and cognitive sciences, and design as it owes to the reflection of design criticism and the practice of critical design. His research also engages design theory, digital photography, and studio-based learning.

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Visual Thinking & Digital Imagery Workshop (May 5, 2012)
As part of CHI 2012 | Austin Texas | (Extended) Submission Deadline: February 07, 2012

Sustainability Community Special Interest Group Discussion Catalysts (63 MB PDF)
As part of CHI 2012 | Austin Texas

Archival Papers Track on Collaboration: Human-Centered Issues & Interactivity Design (C.HCI&ID 2012)
Special Theme: Collaboration for Sustainability and Adaptation to Climate Change
As part of The 2012 International Conference on Collaboration Technologies and Systems (CTS 2012)
May 21-25, 2012 | Denver, Colorado, USA | Submission Deadline: January 27, 2012

Designing Interaction Systems DIS 2012
Newcastle, UK | June 11-15, 2012
Workshops: Re-conceptualizing Fashion in Sustainable HCI

Digital Imagery: Eli Blevis. 2011. Digital imagery as meaning and form in HCI and design: an introduction to the Visual Thinking Backpage Gallery. interactions 18, 5 (September 2011), 60-65. DOI=10.1145/2008176.2008190 ACM Digital Library Author Courtesy Copy

Sustainability: Eli Blevis. 2007. (Best Paper Award). Sustainable interaction design: invention & disposal, renewal & reuse. In Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on Human factors in computing systems (CHI '07). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 503-512. DOI=10.1145/1240624.1240705 ACM Digital Library Author Courtesy Copy

Sustainability: Eli Blevis. 2011. Book Review: (Bill Tomlinson's) Greening through IT: Information Technology for Environmental Sustainability. Environmental Health Perspectives 119:a96-a96. doi:10.1289/ehp.119-a96. Online copy

Sustainabililty & Adaptation: Eli Blevis and Shunying Blevis. 2010. Hope for the best and prepare for the worst: interaction design and the tipping point. interactions 17, 5 (September 2010), 26-30. DOI=10.1145/1836216.1836223 ACM Digital Library Author Courtesy Copy

Sustainabililty & Adaptation/Collapse Informatics: Bill Tomlinson, Six Silberman, Don Patterson, Yue Pan, & Eli Blevis. 2012 (May, Honorable Mention). Collapse Informatics: Augmenting the Sustainability & ICT4D Discourse in HCI. In Proceedings of the 2012 annual conference extended abstracts on Human factors in computing systems (CHI EA '12). ACM, New York, NY, USA. Advance Copy

Learning: Eli Blevis. 2010. Design challenge based learning (DCBL) and sustainable pedagogical practice. interactions 17, 3 (May 2010), 64-69. DOI=10.1145/1744161.1744176 ACM Digital Library Author Courtesy Copy

Learning: Eli Blevis. 2011. The PRInCiPleS Design Framework. Indiana University School of Informatics & Computing Human-Computer Interaction Design (HCI/d) Program Technical Report Number HCID-2011-001. Download from IU ScholarWorks HCI/d Technical Reports Repository.
Newer: Eli Blevis. 2012. The PRInCiPleS Design Framework (Advance Copy). In Carroll, J. (Ed.). Creativity & Design Rationale. Springer.

Learning: Eli Blevis. 2012. The One Room School House & Design Challenge Based Learning for Design-Oriented HCI Education: Initial Results, Reflective Hypotheses, & Collaborative Issues (Advance Copy). In Special Session: Human-Centered Issues & Interactivity Design (C.HCI&ID 2012). As part of The International Conference on Collaboration Technologies and Systems (CTS 2012) May 21-25, 2012.

Transdisciplinarity: Eli Blevis and Erik Stolterman. 2009. FEATURE: Transcending disciplinary boundaries in interaction design. interactions 16, 5 (September 2009), 48-51. DOI=10.1145/1572626.1572636 ACM Digital Library Author Courtesy Copy

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Human-Computer Interaction Design Master of Science Program Handbook: 2011/2012 Version 0.3 (double-sided brochure) (11M).
Image: Rose 2010.05.19. Additional photographs are here.
Course Description for Spring 2012:
I694 Thesis/Project for HCI/d MS Students
Details will follow. Registration information is here.

REVISED 4/10/2012: 2012 Syllabus for I694 Capstone Project/Thesis in Human-Computer Interaction Design.
REVISED 3/22/2012: 2012 Poster Format (PDF).
REVISED 3/22/2012: 2012 Poster Format (indd).
REVISED 1/26/2012: 2012 Print Form Template (PDF).
REVISED 1/26/2012: 2012 Print Form Template (indd).

REVISED 3/25/2012: 2012 Hong Kong Polytechnic Guest Lectures.
ADDED 3/25/2012: DRAFT copy: The PRInCiPleS Design Framework.

Course Description for Spring 2012:
I400/H400 Digital Imagery as Meaning & Form in Human-Computer Interaction Design
We will look at the notion and use of still digital imagery as a material of interaction design, as information, social mechanisms, and technology, as well as techniques of digital image making and use. The class will be primarily studio-based--that is, participants will be asked to complete assigned projects and show their work in class for discussion and critique. Reading assignments will be selected from online sources. Photography experience is neither prerequisite nor exclusionary, as the course will primarily reflect on the nature and transformations of the artifacts of externalized visual memories that digital technologies have created and predict. A cell phone camera will do at minimum for the class assignments, but other options will be discussed in class and understanding the range of technologies associated with digital imagery will be within the scope of this class. Registration information is here (I400). Registration information is here (H400).
Course Description for Spring 2012:
I561 Digital Imagery as Meaning & Form in Human-Computer Interaction Design
This is the course formerly known as HCI/d Design II. It is a required course for first year HCID Masters students. It is not open to others, except under special circumstances with permission of the instructor. Beginning in 2011, this course will cover the same material as the Digital Imagery course described above as I400/H400. Registration information is here. You can read about the pedagogical approach here: Blevis, E. (2010). Design Challenge Based Learning (DCBL) and Sustainable Pedagogical Practice. interactions 17, 3 (May. 2010). Download PDF or Interactions online or ACM digital library

REVISED 4/10/2012: 2012 Combined Syllabus for I561 & I400/H400 Digital Imagery as Meaning & Form in Human-Computer Interaction Design.

Course Description for Fall 2011:
I590/I400/H400 Visual Literacy in Human-Computer Interaction/Design
This is a new course that is required for first year HCI/d MS students. The course will be a Design Challenge Based Learning (DCBL) skills oriented class targeted at acquiring specific competencies with Illustrator, InDesign, direct coding in HTML, CSS and the relationship of CSS to typesetting, secondarily Lightroom, Photoshop, and presentation preparation, but not Flash nor PHP nor Java etc. It is open also to undergraduates who have done well in I300, or are similarly qualified. The class is in three parts, namely
PART 1 - Structuring Design Explanations for Slide-sets, Web, and Print
PART II - Technical Illustration, Diagrammatic Reasoning & Sequencing
PART III - Integrating Visual Literacy into Design

Please note that this class is primarily about acquiring visual literacy skills as well as learning these specific tool applications. Students are evaluated on the clarity of visual expression and meaning making in the context of HCI, interaction design, and strategic design planning, as well as on their mastery of the tools.

Registration information is here (I590). Registration information is here (I400). Registration information is here (H400).
REVISED 11.9.2011 Syllabus: I590/I400/H400 Visual Literacy in Human-Computer Interaction/Design
Image: Night Blooming Cactus, 2011 (11.3M). Additional photographs are here.

Please see: Special Session: Cloud Computing, HCI, & Design: Sustainability and Social Impacts in conjunction with the 2nd IEEE International Conference on Cloud Computing Technology and Science CloudCom 2010 Nov 30 - Dec 3, 2010, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

Please see: Workshop 07- CHCI&ID International Workshop on Collaboration: Human-Centered Issues & Interactivity Design (CHCI & ID 2011) As part of The 2011 International Conference on Collaboration Technologies and Systems (CTS 2011)

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eli blevis, phd
associate professor of informatics
human-computer interaction design
school of informatics and computing
indiana university at bloomington
eblevis [at] indiana [dot] edu

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