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Spring 2021: March 30 - May 7.

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The module takes place from March 30 - May 7, over 6 weeks, from Tuesday to Friday each week, 9.00-17.00 - see detailed hours in calendar below.
Class sessions include lectures, discussions, mentoring sessions, in-class exercises, home assignments and independent study blocksblocks.
The studio course runs in parallel with the seminar course "Interaction Design Methods" and is a platform to apply ideas and concepts discussed in the seminar, therefore the two courses are actually an ensemble.
Projects are conducted in groups of 4 students. 

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This course is project-based and will allow students to have a hands-on experience.
Organised in groups, students will develop innovative design concept for a product, a service or an experience. 

Topic

Systemic changes - + who / what is at the center?

This year, the topic for this class addresses the typical design premice of interaction designers' wishes to have a societal impact. People-centered design is at the core of interaction design studies and human-computer interaction research. What does this premice actually mean? What are the limitations, frustrations, realities of designing on the ground? What if we should move away from a human-centric design to a non-human one? The class proposes to look at proposal of changes not in term of individual behaviours but addressing if systemic changes can happen from a design proposal. We will also uncover the contradictions of a designer's responsibility, agency and idealisation. 

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Week 1
Into the Wild!

Tuesday 30.3

Wednesday 31.3

Thursday 1.4

Friday 2.4

Morning

(starts at 9.15 otherwise noted)



  • Introduction about the module, Note on Documentation

  • Lecture on the topic and discussion (jb)

  • Exercise, part 1: topic and group building
    (jb, nf)

Field Research

 


Field Research


Holiday

Afternoon
(starts at 13.00 otherwise noted)


  • Exercise, part 2: topic and group building
    (jb, nf)
  • Ethnographic study
    and     Get prepared for Field Research
    (nf)   
  • About Equipment
    (nf)
  • Group presentations: Inspirations and Field Research
    (jb, nf)
  • Clustering and Going back in the field.
    Sense Making (AEIO)
    (nf) 
  • Expectations for the following week

Week 2
Idea Transfers

Tuesday 6.4

Wednesday 7.4

Thursday 8.4

Friday 9.4

Morning

  • Exercise: Very rapid prototyping
  • Group Presentations:
    mock-ups
    (jb) 
  • Input: Cultural Probes and Exercise
    (jb)


Field Research & Desk-based Research
(Related work, 
References)




Field Research & Desk-based Research
(Related work, 
References)

Afternoon

  • Exercise: Bodystorming
    (jb)

Field Research & Desk-based Research 
(Related work, 
state of the artReferences)

Field Research and & Desk-based Research
(Related work, 
state of the artReferences)
  • Group presentations: Advanced concept, Related Work, References and Detailed User-study plan for the next 4 weeks 
    (jb, nf)

Week 3
Play

Tuesday 13.4

Wednesday 14.4

Thursday 15.4

Friday 16.4

Morning

  • Exercise: Prototyping Ideas
    (jb)
  • Mentoring 
    (20mn/group)
    (jb)


Independent Field Study

Independent Field Study

Afternoon

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  • Group presentations:
    Advanced Prototypes
    (jb)

Week 4
Stories and Users

Tuesday 20.4

Wednesday 21.4

Thursday 22.4

Friday 23.4

Morning

  • Input: Storytelling
  • Exercise: Performance enactment
    (jb)

Independent Field Study

Independent Field Study


Independent Field Study

Afternoon

  • Input: Storyboards
    (nf)
  • 15.00 Mentoring 
    (20mn/group)
    (jb)
  • Group presentations:
    Storytelling & plan for the production week
    (jb, nf)

Week 5
Production 1

Tuesday 27 .4

Wednesday 28.4

Thursday 29.4

Friday 30.4


Production Week


Production Week

 

Production Week

Production Week


Week 6
Production 2

Tuesday 4.5

Wednesday 5.5

Thursday 6.5

Friday 7.5

Morning

  • Group presentations:
    Back from the production week: recount of what was made & achieved during the week
    (jb)

Independent Study

Independent Study
  • Final Group presentations
  • Feedback session
    (jb, nf)

Afternoon

  • Mentoring: Editing
    (nf)
Finish Documentation

JB: Dr. Joëlle Bitton, NF: Nicole Foesterl

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