Interactive Architecture - and the Role of the Designer (1984)
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The document discusses the concept of 'interactive architecture' presented at the videotex '84 conference, which predates the term 'the web'. It describes the early investment in videotex as a consumer-oriented online service characterized by graphical interfaces and ease of use, despite technological limitations of the time. Ultimately, while videotex was visionary, it was not fully realized due to the timing and development of necessary technologies.
Interactive Architecture - and the Role of the Designer (1984)
- 1. Interactive Architecture Presented at Videotex '84 Conference (Before We Called it the Web). The existing descriptors are Transactional, Publishing and Visual Design. The new metaphor is "Interactive Architecture". The new model is the Information Community. We now have "the emerging role of the Interactive Architect". This holistic view implies a new set of markets, skills, tools and techniques, including: "Windowed" environments Standard Symbology Metadata Tagging Note: Produced on a dot matrix printer. Classic. Before We Called It the Web The early 80's saw the "first wave" of investment in consumer-oriented interactive online digital services, known at the time as "Videotex". Videotex was Graphical, Consumer-oriented, and Easy-to-use. Videotex was the Web It was still very early days: The PC had barely been invented, the mouse was non-existant, standards were haphazard, graphics were crude and communications bandwidth was laughable. Still, we got it to happen. Ultimately though, Videotex was an idea whose time hadn't quite come just yet. But it was a visionary model of things to come.