Mentors
Prof. Jürgen Späth / Florian Bruggisser
Dr. Joëlle Bitton / Verena Ziegler
Prof. Dr. Karmen Franinovic / Luke Franzke
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Attendance to all presentations is mandatory for all BA-finals candidates.
All monthly general presentations are open to all BA IAD students.
BA finals are open to ZHdK audience and friends.
Table of Content
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Deliverables and deadlines
All document deliveries should be made on the IAD server. See screenshot.
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3 group presentations
Presentation of advancement of project as well as theoretical research, together with all students and all mentors.
Presentation should all be 5 minutes long with 10 minutes for feedback and discussion.
Format is free - although slides are most useful to structure your presentation. See presentation guidelines.
Wednesday 19 February 2020: Kick-off - Progress session 1 «Background and Related Work», 09:00–12:00, Viaduktraum 2.A05
- Present status of your thesis concept
- Analysis of existing situation, experience or technology
- Present related work and how you situate your project in comparison
- Present advanced prototype
Wednesday 25 March 2020: Progress session 2, «Early Findings and Prototypes», 09:00–12:00, Zeichnungssaal 7.G01
- Advanced research from user studies if applicable
- Present data and main findings
- How will this inform your concept, problem or design opportunity? Based on your findings, inform or enhance your concept.
- What kind of prototype is the most suitable for your project?
- What kind of prototype helped you find the main findings/observations?
- What do you hope to achieve with your prototype?
Wednesday 29 April 2020: Progress session 3, «Observations and Lessons learned», 09:00–12:00, Zeichnungssaal 7.G01
- Present your final exhibition concept and project
- Final Observations from user studies
- Present 3 main lessons learned from your process
- Present your contribution to the field
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Dates & deadlines
13 December 2019, 17:00
- Statement & project disposition (2-page essay)
Make a stand: what contribution do you want to make?
17 January 2020, 17:00 (BA Thesis Concept Seminar - final session)
- Development of intention (3-5-page essay)
- Initial project 'pretotype' & video
- Choice of mentoring team (send 1st & 2nd choice to Martin Dusek)
17 February 2020, 10:00–11:00
- Semester overview
19 February 2020, 09:00–12:00, Viaduktraum 2.A05
- Progress session 1 «Background and Related Work»
21 February 2020, 17:00
- Thesis structure (Structure of your thesis, commented - 2 pages)
- Chapter Research field: Background/context, literature review and related work, situating work in relation to theory & practice, field of contribution.
- Advanced prototype
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- Chapter Concept
- More advanced prototype
25 March 2020, 09:00–12:00, Zeichnungssaal 7.G01
- Progress session 2 «Early Findings and Prototypes»
2–3 April 2020
- Hackathon (mandatory; but not specifically BA-thesis related)
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- Final video delivery on server
29 April 2020, 09:00–12:00, Zeichnungssaal 7.G01
- Progress session 3 «Observations and Lessons learned»
2 June 2020, 09:00–12:00
- Visit through exhibition, possible adjustments of scenography
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- Diplomfeier (detailed information will follow)
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Deliverables
All document deliveries should be made on the IAD server. See screenshot.
Documentation deliverables
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- Text
- Project title, max. 100 characters
- Short description, min. 250 – max. 400 characters
- Project description, min. 1000 characters
- Contributors, full names of students and mentors
- Images
- min. 10 high-res images showing different aspects of your work, also process/prototype
- min. 10 high-res images showing your process
- Video
- include official IAD intro and closing credits
- Prototype (if existing, f.e. Figma files, code, etc.)
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3 group presentations
Presentation of advancement of project as well as theoretical research, together with all students and all mentors.
Presentation should all be 5 minutes long with 10 minutes for feedback and discussion.
Format is free - although slides are most useful to structure your presentation. See presentation guidelines.
Wednesday 19 February 2020: Kick-off - Progress session 1 "Background and Related Work", 09:00–12:00, Viaduktraum 2.A05
- Present status of your thesis concept
- Analysis of existing situation, experience or technology
- Present related work and how you situate your project in comparison
- Present advanced prototype
Wednesday 25 March 2020: Progress session 2, "Early Findings and Prototypes", 09:00–12:00, 7.D04
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Wednesday 29 April 2020: Progress session 3, "Observations and Lessons learned", 09:00–12:00, 4.D12
- Present your final exhibition concept and project
- Final Observations from user studies
- Present 3 main lessons learned from your process
- Present your contribution to the field