BA concept seminar structure:
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The mock up or prototype is the manifestation of your ideas into a service, a product, a method, a user's experience, etc - use basic or advanced materials to showcase your ideas in the shape of a rapid prototype (go into the field if needed for your project). It should be "functional" so we can experience it when exhibited.
- Project Description Update
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- what is the context, topic, problem?
- who are the audience / participants?
- who will be impacted by your design (which people/animals/plants, which locations, which systems&infrastructures, which ecologies)?
- what do you want to create and how it should work?
- what values and potential do you want to address / generate?
The essay expands the thesis disposition with observations and conclusions drawn from the two weeks BA concept seminar.
You may use a diversity of sources and bibliography (classified by genre: book, book chapter, journal article, conference article, academic thesis, newspaper article, web article, etc).
Mockup to be presented on 1312.1.
Choice of mentor teams to be sent to Johannes via email by Monday 15.1.23, 17:00.
Storytelling to be presented on 20.1.
Final Deliverables to be uploaded on the server by Monday 22.1 at 9.00.
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| Week 1 | Monday 8.1 | Tuesday 9.1 | Wednesday 10.1 | Thursday 11.1 | Friday 12.1 |
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| Morning 9.00 - 12.00 (unless otherwise noted) | Brief Introduction about the module and quick keywords round Exercise 1: 20 ways of description | Exercise 3: Design Area | Input - storytelling | Mentoring (js) | Develop prototype |
| Afternoon 13.00 - 17.00 | Exercise 2: Topic Area | 14.30 Quick round design area | Develop prototype | Develop prototype | 14.00 (jb, js) |
| Week 2 | Monday 15.1 | Tuesday 16.1 | Wednesday 17.1 | Thursday 18.1 | Friday 19.1 |
| Morning 9.00 - 12.00 | Develop narrative | Mentoring storytelling | Develop narrative | Mentoring on request (js)
| Presentations 2: |
| Afternoon 13.00 - 17.00 | Mentoring on request (jb)
| Develop narrative | Work on final assignments |
Exercises
Exercise 1: 20 ways of description
Write down and/or sketch out twenty ways to define your thesis project on post its and later sort them into categories. Define two or three most important statements.
Exercise 2: Topic Area
Define the all the qualities, parameters and values that are important for the thesis and your ambition as a designer. Find the most relevant existing projects that match your criteria (it could be a particular aspect of a project). Use sketches, photos or collages to present projects on your wall.
Exercise 3: Design Area50 Sketches of design
Identify the two or three most important dimensions of your topic area. This will be your design area. Sketch quickly 50 ideas to populate your design area. Place them on your design area in relation to criteria and parameters (sketches, photos or collages).
Also think of how you want to execute your ideas and exhibit them.
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