Spring 2019: March 26 - May 3.
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Spring 2019: March 26 - May 3.
Instructors:
Dr Joëlle Bitton
joelle.bitton@zhdk.ch
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This course is project-based and will allow students to have a hands-on experience.
Organised in groups, students will develop innovative design concept for a product, a service or an experience.
Topic
The topic for this class addresses the typical design premice of people-centered design at the core of interaction design studies and human-computer interaction research. What does this premice actually mean? What are the limitations, frustrations, realities of designing on the ground? Is participatory design an actual possibility or is it a fallacy where designers end-up imposing their views unto "users". This class will challenge the assumption that interaction designers design for people as a mantra perpetuated in diverse institutions and corporations, and uncover the contradictions of a designer's agency. In particular, we'll work within the boundary of designing for/with people on the margins, with special needs, or that don't always fit the mainstream types of users.
During the course the student will learn:
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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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Additional readings are can be provided below as the class progresses:
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Teams projects
Calendar
Week 1 | Tuesday 26.3 | Wednesday 27.3 | Thursday 28.3 | Friday 29.3 |
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Morning | 09.30 - 10.30 | 9:30 - 11:30 | 09.30 - 11.30 | Field Research |
Afternoon | 13.00 - 14.30 14.30 Renting Equipment | Field Research
| Field Research | 13.00 - 14.00 14.30-16.30 |
Week 2 | Tuesday 2.4 | Wednesday 3.4 | Thursday 4.4 | Friday 5.4 |
Morning | 09.30-09.45 09.45-11.00 11.00-12.30 | Desk-based Research | Field Research 11.30-12.30 | Web Dev module |
Afternoon | Desk-based Research | 13.00-16.30 | Field Research | 13.00-15.00 |
Week 3 | Tuesday 9.4 | Wednesday 10.4 | Thursday 11.4 | Friday 12.4 |
Morning | 09.30 - 11.30 | Independent Study | Independent Study | Web Dev module |
Afternoon | 13.00-16.00 | 13.00 - 15.00 | Independent Study | 13.00-15.00 |
Week 4 | Tuesday 16.4 | Wednesday 17.4 | Thursday 18.4 | Friday 19.4 |
Morning | 09.30 - 12.30 Exercise: Storytelling | Independent Study | Independent Study | Holiday |
Afternoon | 13.00 - 16.00 | 13.00-15.00 | 13.00-15.00 Group presentations: Storytelling (jb) | Holiday |
Week 5 | 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 | 09.30-11.30 Group presentations: Back from the production week (jb, nf, jbl) | Independent Study | Independent Study | Web Dev module |
Afternoon | 13.00-16.00 Mentoring: Editing (nf) | Independent Study | 13.30-16.30 | Documentation |
JB: Dr. Joëlle Bitton, NF: Nicole Foesterl, JBL: Jean-Baptiste Labrune
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