Spring 2024: March 18 - April 19.
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This year, the
The topic for this class addresses the typical design premice premise 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 premise 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-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. Events and conjunctures that are overwhelming and bleak, such as global warming, the collapse of ecosystems, wars, economic struggles, social injustices etc can make us feel powerless and make design proposals seem insignificant. Yet, in this dark context, we have the opportunity to re-value humour and gaiety as points of counterbalance and as design tools. Hence this year, we will take a special detour at ways that we can design with a sense of playfulness, absurdity and humour.
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- Week 4: Stories and users
How is your work being evaluated?
Methods: forms of evaluation, from user-testing to narratives enacting scenarios - Week 5: Production
Independent study week: working on your production assignment and setting your own agenda
(Exceptional mentorings could be available during this week, although you are mostly on your own)
Finalising the project - (Week 6: Polishing details/Final Documentation)
Deliverables
- Final Work
The final outcome of the class is a project proposal in the form of a working prototype, user-tested and represented to an external audience in the form of a film and/or a medium of your choice (installation, website, demo, etc...). For this class, there will be an emphasis on the film narrative as a way to disseminate your proposal.
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- Live sketching
- Demo with prototyping
- Classic Slides presentation
- etc.
- Week 2 Presentation requirements:
Name of group/project
Knowledge Inquiry
5 related works
Lessons learned from the field / probes
Where do you want to go
How do you get there (identify roles, needs, actions)
Prototype 1.0 - Week 5 First cut of video
Delivered by Tuesday 16.4 midday on morning on server
- Journal/Blog
A separate 'Journal' is developed by each student that reflects on learnings from the seminar. It should be in the form of an online blog (ie. WordPress, Tumblr or other):
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Grades will be based on group presentations, class participation, home assignments, documentation (journal) and final work.
Contributing to constructive group feedback is an essential aspect of class participation.
Regular attendance of 80% is required, whether in class or group work. Two or more unexcused absences will affect the final grade. Arriving late on more than one occasion will also affect the grade.
Final work & documentation 50%
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Week 1 | Monday 18.3 | Tuesday 19.3 | Wednesday 20.3 | Thursday 21.3 | Friday 22.3 |
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Morning (starts at 9.00 otherwise noted) |
| Field Research | Field Research | ||
Afternoon |
| 13.30
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Week 2 | Monday 25.3 | Tuesday 26.3 | Wednesday 27.3 | Thursday 28.3 | Friday 29.3 |
Morning |
| Field Research & Desk-based Research | Field Research & Desk-based Research | Field Research & Desk-based Research | holiday |
Afternoon |
Field Research & Desk-based Research |
| Field Research & Desk-based Research | Check-in by groups: Advanced concept: Related Work, References and Prototype 1.0 (jb) | |
Week 3 | Monday 1.4 | Tuesday 2.4 | Wednesday 3.4 | Thursday 4.4 | Friday 5.4 |
Morning | holiday |
| Independent Study | Independent Study atelier walk-thru (jb) (time tbd) | |
Afternoon |
| Demoes on location (all groups together): | |||
Week 4 | Monday 8.4 | Tuesday 9.4 | Wednesday 10.4 | Thursday 11.4 | Friday 12.4 |
Morning |
| Independent Study | Independent Study | Independent Study | |
Afternoon |
| Mentoring Storyboard (nf) | 14.00 Check-In by groups: Video showcase: | ||
Week 5 | Monday 15.04 | Tuesday 16.4 | Wednesday 17.4 | Thursday 18.4 | Friday 19.4 |
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| Production | Production Editing Mentoring: (nf) on request | ||
| Production | *Booking photo studio Deadline |
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