Conceptual Models

The first article is from the ACM database in the library.  You will be asked for your student number and password  to access this resource.

• Johnson, J and Henderson, A. (2002) Conceptual Models: Begin by Designing What to Design Interactions  Vol 9:1 pp. 25 – 32

Further reading/exploration of conceptual models

Star interface
David Liddle's chapter called "Design of the Conceptual Model" in T. Winograd (ed) Bringing Design to Software (1996) (pp17-31) provides a good overview. It can be found at: http://hci.stanford.edu/bds/2-liddle.html.

Visicalc
To run an interactive demo of VisiCalc see” http://www.bricklin.com/history/vcexecutable.htm