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Spring 2019: March 26 - May 3.

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The module takes place from March 26 - May 3, over 6 weeks, including a production week (5), from Tuesday to Friday each week, 9.30-17.00.
Class sessions include lectures, discussions, mentoring sessions, in-class exercises, home assignments and independent study blocks.
Projects are conducted in groups of 4 students. 

Overview and Objectives

This course puts the students in the context of realising an interaction design outcome from initial idea to final proposal, with a particular emphasis on field research and user-experience.
In this interaction design process, students work through the several stages of project development: Context/User Inquiry, Concept Generation, Idea Testing, Prototype Development, Evaluation and Concept Iteration. 

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1. A working prototype, user-tested and evaluated
2. The presentation of this interaction design product, service and/or experience grounded on the understanding of the user and the context
3. The documentation of assignments and design process in a blog 

Course Outline

Your project development is structured in following steps:

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Any assignment that remains unfulfilled receives a failing grade.  

Deliverables

  • Group presentations

Interval group presentations each week present the advancement of the group's project and highlight the specific requirements of that week.
Each presentation are structured so that each group member will introduce an aspect of the project. On average, the presentation should be 10 minutes.
The format is open: 

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Throughout the module, various short home assignments will be given to practice concepts discussed in class.

Course Materials

The course IAD Design Methods provides the background literature for this class.
Readings are made available in the shared IAD server, under 19FS > Sem2_IAD_PROCESS.

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  • The 12 Permaculture Design Principles - compiled by Jason Gerhardt
  • Permaculture, a Beginner's Guide - Graham Burnett
  • Quirky Designs for Development and Social Change - Lalya Gaye
  • What Do Prototypes Prototype - Stephanie Houde and Charles Hill
  • Experience Prototyping - Marion Buchenau and Jane Fulton Suri
  • Understanding context by being there: case studies in bodystorming - Antti Oulasvirta, Esko Kurvinen, Tomi Kankainen
  • Theatre of the Oppressed - Augusto Boal
  • Sense and Sensibility: Evaluation and Interactive Art - Kristina Höök, Phoebe Sengers, and Gerd Andersson

Teams projects

Calendar

Week 1
Into the Wild!

Tuesday 26.3

Wednesday 27.3

Thursday 28.3

Friday 29.3

Morning

09.30-12.30

IAD Method and Process Class

Introduction about the modules, Presentation of the topic, Note on Documentation

Lecture: Changes
JB

Field Research

09.30-10.30
Group presentations:
First Impressions
NF, LG

10.30-11.30
Ethnographic study
NF

11.30-12.30
Sense Making (AEIO)
NF




Holiday

Afternoon

13.30-14.30
Exercise: topic and group building
JB  

14.30-16.30
Renting Equipment and Get prepared for Field Research
NF

Field Research



 


13.00-13.15
Expectations for the following week
LG

13.15-15.15

Mentoring: Sense Making and Clustering (Going Back to the Field)
NF

15.15
Field Research

Holiday


Week 2
Idea Transfers

Tuesday 2.4

Wednesday 3.4

Thursday 4.4

Friday 4.4

Morning

Field Research

09.30-12.30
Theory Class - IAD Method
JB


11.00-12.30
Lecture: Quirky designs for development and social change
LG

Exercise: Very rapid prototyping
JB, LG

Independent Study:
Preparation of presentation

Afternoon

Field Research

13.30-14.30
Group presentations: Inspirations and Field Research
JB, NF, LG

14.30-16.30
Mentoring: Narrowing
Down
NF


Independent Study 

13.30-15.30
Group presentations: Related Work and Production Plan for the next 4 weeks
JB, LG

Week 3
Play

Tuesday 9.4

Wednesday 10.4

Thursday 11.4

Friday 12.4

Morning

Independent Study 


09.30-12.30
Theory Class - IAD Method
JB

Exercise: Diagrams
JB

Independent Study

Independent Study

Afternoon

Independent Study 

13.30 - 14.30
Exercise: Bodystorming
LG

14.30-16.00
Mentoring: Protoyping
JB, LG

Independent Study

13.00-15.00
Group presentations: Prototypes
JB, LG, NF

Week 4
Stories and Users

Tuesday 16.4

Wednesday 17.4

Thursday 18.4

Friday 19.4

Morning

Independent Study

09.30-12.30
Theory Class - IAD Method
JB

Exercise: Storytelling
JB, NF

Independent Study

09.30-12.00
Group presentations:
Storytelling
NF, JB

Afternoon

Independent Study

13.30-15.30
Mentoring: Storytelling
JB, NF

Independent Study

13.00-16.00
Mentoring: Storyboards
NF

Week 5
Production

Tuesday 23.4

Wednesday 24.4

Thursday 25.4

Friday 26.4


Production Week


Production Week

 

Production Week

Production Week


Week 6

Tuesday 30.4

Wednesday 1.5

Thursday 2.5

Friday 3.5

Morning

Holiday

09.30-12.30
Theory Class - IAD Method
JB




09.30-12.00
Mentoring:
Editing
NF

09.00-11.30
Final Group presentations
JB, NF, LG 

11.30-12.30
Guest Lecture: Lalya Gaye
Room 5T09

Afternoon

Holiday13.00-13.45
Group presentations:
Back from the production week
JB, NF, LG

13.45-16.00
Mentoring: Editing
NF		Independent Study

Documentation
Work

JB: Dr. Joëlle Bitton, NF: Nicole Foesterl, JBL: Jean-Baptiste Labrune

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