BA concept seminar structure:
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Dr. Joëlle Bitton
Prof. Jürgen Späth
Guest lecturer:
Mag. Dipl. Des. Nicole Foelsterl
Office hours by appointment
- The module takes place over 2 weeks, from 10.01.20 22 to 21.01.2022, from Monday to Friday, 9.00-17.00 in various rooms - see intranet for room 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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Students will develop a conceptual and practical exploration for their final BA thesis and present the experience they aim to create in the form of a 3-page project description, a blog documenting the 2-weeks progress, a prototype/mock-up showing the core aspects of the interactive experience they are aiming to create and a video showcasing the prototype in use. A blog documenting the 2-weeks progress is recommended.
The concept seminar addresses notions in preparation for their final thesis work:
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Grades will be based on class participation , documentation (journal) and final workworks.
Contributing to constructive group feedback is an essential aspect of class participation.
Regular attendance of 80% is required. Two or more unexcused absences will affect the final grade. Arriving late on more than one occasion will also affect the grade.
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Mock up 20%
Project Description 20% 30%
Exercises & Class participation 20% Journal Documentation 10%
Any assignment that remains unfulfilled receives a failing grade.
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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).
- Journal/Blog
A separate 'Journal' is developed by each student that reflects on learnings from the seminar. It should be in the form of an online blog (ie. WordPress, Tumblr or other):
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Storytelling and Mockup to be presented on 21.1.
Final Deliverables to be uploaded on the server by Monday 24.1 at 9.00.
Choice of mentor teams to be sent to Marcial via email by Friday 14Monday 17.1 afternoon.22, 17:00.
Calendar
See description of exercises below
| Week 1 | Monday |
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| 10.1 | Tuesday |
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| 11.1 | Wednesday |
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| 12.1 | Thursday |
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| 13.1 | Friday |
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| 14.1 | |||||
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| Morning 9.00 - 12.00 (unless otherwise noted) | Brief Introduction about the module and quick keywords round Exercise 1: 20 ways of description | Develop further topic area | Exercise 3: Design Area | Input - storytelling | Develop further design area |
| Afternoon 13.00 - 17.00 | Exercise 2: Topic Area | Mentoring on request (js) | 15.00 Quick round design area | Develop further design area | Exercise 4: 10 ways of manifestation |
| Week 2 | Monday |
| 17.1 | Tuesday |
| 18.1 | Wednesday |
| 19.1 | Thursday |
| 20.1 | Friday |
| 21.1 | |
| Morning 9.00 - 12.00 | Field / |
Mentoring storytelling | Field / Practice Study | 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
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