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BA concept seminar structure:

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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 1310.1. 
Choice of mentor teams to be sent to Johannes via email by Monday 1013.1.24, 17:00.
Storytelling to be presented on 17.1.
Final Deliverables to be uploaded on the server by Monday 20.1 at 9:00.

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Week 1Monday 6.1Tuesday 7.1Wednesday 8.1Thursday 9.1Friday 10.1 
Morning
9.00 - 12.00
(unless otherwise noted)

9.00 Brief Introduction about the module and quick keywords round

Exercise 1: 20 ways of description description in 20 minutes
(jb, js)

11.00 Present Exercise 2: Topic Area
(jb, js)


Quick Overview: observations

Exercise 34:
50 sketches of Design in 50 minutes
(jb, js)


10.30 Quick round design area
(js, jb)

Develop prototype
/Field Study









Put concepts, sketches, mock-ups on Miro board by 18.00

Mentoring (js)
Sign up by emails


Exercise 45: Develop 2-3 "How might we" - Questions

Develop prototype
/Field Study

Afternoon
13.00 - 17.00

Continue exercise 2 + Exercise 2: Topic Area
(jb, js)

13.00 Quick round design area
(js, jb)

3: field study/observations/interviews - put notes on Miro board by 18.00

Continue exercise 4 + + field study/develop prototypes - put notes on Miro board by 18.00

Develop prototype
/Field Study


13.00
Presentations 1:
Demo of Prototypes/Mock-ups 
(set up all demoes in the room in advance for a group tour)

(jb, js)


Week 2Monday 13.1Tuesday 14.1Wednesday 15.1Thursday 16.1Friday 17.1
Morning
9.00 - 12.00

Input/workshop - storytelling
(nf)






send choice of mentoring team by 17:00

Develop narrative
/Field Study

Develop narrative
/Field Study


Mentoring on request (jb)
Sign up by emails


Develop narrative
/Field Study

Presentations 2:
Video storytelling
(jb, js, nf & other mentors)


Afternoon
13.00 - 17.00
Mentoring storytelling
(jb, js, nf)

Mentoring on request (js)
Sign up by emails


Develop narrative
/Field Study
Mentoring on request (jb)
Sign up by emails

Develop narrative
/Field Study


Work on final assignments

Exercises

Exercise 1: 20 ways of description

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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: 

Exercise 4: 50 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.

Exercise 45: Develop 2-3 "How might we" - Questions

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