This document discusses the challenges of teaching web design history in higher education. It notes that there is no comprehensive textbook on web design history and limited credible resources, as images of old websites are scarce and often low quality. It presents some potential resources like the Wayback Machine, Communication Arts archives, and AIGA Design Archives, but notes they have limitations. It argues that a centralized, organized and usable website archiving system is needed, along with increased awareness, as well as solutions to issues like management, archiving methods, copyright, and cooperation between organizations.

1. LOSING
SITE
ONLINE
Renee Meyer Ernst
Assistant Professor of Graphic Design
St. Ambrose University | ErnstReneeM@sau.edu

2. LOSING
SITE The Future of Web Design
without Past Designs
ONLINE
Renee Meyer Ernst
Assistant Professor of Graphic Design
St. Ambrose University | ErnstReneeM@sau.edu

3. the issue

4. Teaching web design “in the now”
is a huge technical, conceptual, and
aesthetic challenge in higher ed.
the issue

5. Teaching web design “in the now”
is a huge technical, conceptual, and
aesthetic challenge in higher ed.
How does one prepare students for
the future of web design without an
archive of the past?
the issue

6. Then & Now: Facebook
2006 2007 2009
2010 2011 2012

7. Then & Now: Facebook
2006 2012

8. Then & Now: Yahoo!
1996 2012

9. challenges

10. No true history of web design textbook.
challenges

11. No true history of web design textbook.
Limited resources relating to the history
or evolution of web design, period.
challenges

12. No true history of web design textbook.
Limited resources relating to the history
or evolution of web design, period.
Images of old websites are found few
and far between, and are often pixelated
or cropped. Little to no indication of
design credits or other site information.
challenges

13. resources
with potential

14. Wayback Machine
http://www.archive.org/web/web.php
Communication Arts
http://www.commarts.com/annuals
AIGA Design Archives
http://designarchives.aiga.org/#/home
resources
with potential

15. Wayback Machine (beta)

16. Wayback Machine (beta)

17. Wayback Machine (beta)

18. Wayback Machine (beta)

19. Wayback Machine (beta)

20. Wayback Machine (beta)

21. Wayback Machine (beta)

22. Wayback Machine (beta)

23. Wayback Machine (beta)

24. Communication Arts Interactive Annual

25. Communication Arts Interactive Annual

26. Communication Arts Interactive Annual

27. Communication Arts Interactive Annual

28. AIGA Design Archives

29. AIGA Design Archives

30. AIGA Design Archives

31. AIGA Design Archives

32. AIGA Design Archives

33. what we need

34. Centralized website archiving system.
what we need

35. Centralized website archiving system.
Organized, credible, usable.
what we need

36. Centralized website archiving system.
Organized, credible, usable.
Increased awareness.
what we need

37. main challenges

38. Management
main challenges

39. Management
Archiving Methods
main challenges

40. Management
Archiving Methods
Copyright
main challenges

41. Management
Archiving Methods
Copyright
Cooperation
main challenges

42. Facebook screenshots borrowed from:
Devil’s Workshop: The Tech Community Blog
http://devilsworkshop.org/facebook-design-20042011-timeline-screenshots/
Facebook Craze
http://facebookcraze.com/tag/old-facebook-designs/
All other screenshots taken by Renee Meyer Ernst from the following websites:
AIGA Design Archives
http://designarchives.aiga.org/#/home
Communication Arts Interactive Annual
http://www.commarts.com/annuals
Wayback Machine
http://www.archive.org/web/web.php

43. LOSING
SITE The Future of Web Design
without Past Designs
ONLINE
Renee Meyer Ernst
Assistant Professor of Graphic Design
St. Ambrose University | ErnstReneeM@sau.edu