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 1 | Monday 6.1 | Tuesday 7.1 | Wednesday 8.1 | Thursday 9.1 | Friday 10.1 | |
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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 11.00 Present Exercise 2: Topic Area | Quick Overview: observations Exercise 34: 10.30 Quick round design area | Develop prototype
| Mentoring (js) | Develop prototype | |
Afternoon 13.00 - 17.00 | Continue exercise 2 + Exercise 2: Topic Area | 13.00 Quick round design area | 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 | 13.00 (jb, js) |
Week 2 | Monday 13.1 | Tuesday 14.1 | Wednesday 15.1 | Thursday 16.1 | Friday 17.1 | |
Morning 9.00 - 12.00 | Input/workshop - storytelling send choice of mentoring team by 17:00 | Develop narrative | Develop narrative | Mentoring on request (jb) Develop narrative | Presentations 2: | |
Afternoon 13.00 - 17.00 | Mentoring storytelling (jb, js, nf) | Mentoring on request (js) Develop narrative | Develop narrative | 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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