BA concept seminar structure:
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- The module takes place over 2 weeks, from 11.01.18 20 to 22.01.1820, from Monday to Friday, 9.00-17.00 in various rooms - see intranet for details.
Class sessions include lectures, discussions, mentoring sessions, in-class exercises, assignments and independent study blocks.
Projects are conducted individually or with team of two students at most.
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Storytelling (video) 30%
Prototype Mock up 20%
Project Description 20%
Exercises & Class participation 20%
Journal Documentation 20% Class participation 10%
Any assignment that remains unfulfilled receives a failing grade.
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The experience you want to create should be presented in a video format.
- Prototype/Mock-up
The prototype mock up is the manifestation of your ideas into a service, a product, a method, a user's experience, etc.
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- what is the context, topic, problem?
- who is your audience / participants?
- who will be touched by your design (which people/animals/plants, which locations, which systems, 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).
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Deliverables to be uploaded on the server by Monday 25.1 at 9.00.
Choice of mentor teams to be sent to Marcial via email by Thursday 21.1 afternoon.
Calendar
See description of exercises below
| Week 1 | Monday 11.1 | Tuesday 12.1 | Wednesday 13.1 | Thursday 14.1 | Friday 15.1 | ||
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| Morning 9.30 00 - 12.00 (unless otherwise noted) | Brief Introduction about the module and quick keywords round Exercise 1: 20 ways of description | Independent Study Develop further topic area | Exercise 3: Design SpaceArea | Input - storytelling | Exercise 4: 10 ways of manifestation | Develop further design area | |
| Afternoon 13.00 - 17.00 | Exercise 2: Topic SpaceArea | Mentoring on request (js) | 15.00 Presentation: topic and design space Quick round design area | Independent Study Independent | Exercise 4: 10 ways of manifestation | ||
| Week 2 | Monday 1418.1 | Tuesday 1519.1 | Wednesday 1620.1 | Thursday 1721.1 | Friday 22.1 | ||
| Morning 9.30 00 - 12.00 | Field / | Field / Practice Study | Mentoring storytelling | Mentoring on request (js) | Final Presentations: | ||
| Afternoon 13.00 - 17.00 | Mentoring on request (jb) | Field / Practice Study |
Exercises
Exercise 1: 20 ways of description
Write down and/or sketch out twenty ways to define your topics on post its and later sort them into categories we found fitting. Define two or three most important statements.
Exercise 2: Matrix revisitedMatrix of existing ideas and projects across qualitiesTopic Area
Define the all the qualities, parameters and values that are important for the topic 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 topic spacearea.
Exercise 3: Design Space Area
Identify the two or three most important dimensions of your topic spacearea. This will be your design spacearea. Sketch quickly 50 ideas to populate your design spacearea. Place them on your design space (document/photographarea in relation to criteria and parameters (sketches, photos or collages).
Exercise 4: 10 ways of manifestation
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