HCI Program Website Redesign Proposal

The principle of Ockham's Razor states - in Layman's Terms - that we should be as simple as possible, yet as complex as necessary. In order to propose a new website of the Human-Computer Interaction MA program, we have henced created two prototypes that approach this principle from different angles.

Prototype One

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This prototype suggests simple navigation, enforced by ample use of linked content, to convey larger amounts of information on each individual page. We believe that this is a good approach that will make the user get an overview quickly and have the user gain confidence in the navigation.

Prototype Two

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This prototype uses a different approach, by making the design simpler, at the expense of slightly more complex navigation. The idea is to distribute the content over more individual source files and hence have smaller chunks of information communicated to the user. This allows for a simpler page design, but a more complex interaction scheme, as the pages need to contain more links.