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Spring 2023: March 28 - May Spring 2023: March 28 - May 5.

Instructors:
Dr Joëlle Bitton
joelle.bitton@zhdk.ch 

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The module takes place from March 28 - May 5, over 6 weeks, from Tuesday to Friday each week, 9.00-17.00 - in presence at Toni - See detailed hours in calendar below (room info in Evento). 
*Some sessions may take place via Zoom (although sessions happening both in Zoom and in presence at the same time will not be possible).

Class sessions include lectures, discussions, mentoring sessions, in-class exercises, home assignments and independent study blocks.

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  • Week 2: Idea Transfers
    Researching, Enacting and testing ideas, 
    Methods: sketching, mockups, bodystorming, brainstorming, participatory methods, extreme characters, etc
  • Week 3: Stories and users
    How is your work being evaluated? 
    Methods: forms of evaluation, from user-testing to narratives enacting scenarios
  • Week 4: extreme characters, etc

  • Week 3: Play 
    Creating prototypes and confronting them to the 'real world'
    Methods: cultural probes, participatory methods with mockups, cartoon scenarios, acting out an experience, etc
  • Week 4: Stories and users
    How is your work being evaluated? 
    Methods: forms of evaluation, from user-testing to narratives enacting scenarios

  • Week 5: Production 1
    Independent study week: working on your production assignment and setting your own agenda
    (Exceptional mentorings could be available during this week, although you are mostly on your own)

  • Week 6: Production 2
    Finalising the project 

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    • Live sketching
    • Demo with prototyping
    • Classic Slides presentation
    • etc.

  • Week 2 Presentation requirements:
    Name of group/project
    Knowledge Inquiry
    5 related works
    Lessons learned from the field / probes
    Where do you want to go
    How do you get there (identify roles, needs, actions)

  • Week 5 First cut of video from Production Week
    Delivered by Midnight Sunday 1.05 on Friday 28.04 midday on server
  • 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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The course IAD Design Methods provides the background literature for this class.
Additional readings can be provided as the class progresses.

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progresses.

Teams projects

5kg rüebli
Speak up your voice
Honest Food
Let's fix it

Calendar

Week 1
Into the Wild!

Tuesday 28.3

Wednesday 29.3

Thursday 30.3

Friday 31.3

Morning

(starts at 9.00 otherwise noted)



  • Introduction about the module, Note on Documentation

  • Lecture on the topic and discussion (jb)

  • Exercise, part 1: topic and group building (answering questions & themes emerging)
    (jb, nf)

  • Input
    Ethnographic study
    (nf)   

 

  • First impressions /Clustering 
    Sense Making (AEIO)
  • Going back in the field.
    (nf, jb)


Field Research



Field Research

Afternoon
(starts at 13.00 otherwise noted)


  • Exercise, part 2: topic and group building (clustering by themes)
    (jb, nf)

  • Get prepared for Field Research
    (nf)

  • Renting Equipment
    (nf)

  • Initial Field Research
    • Conduct your first field observation
Field Research
Field Research14.30

13.30

  • First impressions /Clustering 
    Sense Making (AEIO)
  • Going back in the field.
    (nf, jb)
  • Group presentations: Inspirations and Field Research (First impressions of 2-3 iterations, narrative over 1.5 days, questions/reflections that drove your choices for the field study) 5-7mn/group
    (jb, nf)     

  • Expectations for the following week

Week 2
Idea Transfers

Tuesday 4.4

Wednesday 5.4

Thursday 6.4

Friday 7.4

Morning

  • Exercise: Very rapid prototyping 
    (jb)
  • Group Presentations:
    mock-ups
    (jb) 

Field Research & Desk-based Research
(Related work, 
References)


Field Research & Desk-based Research
(Related work, 
References)


Holiday

Afternoon

  • Input: Cultural Probes and Exercise
    (jb)


Field Research & Desk-based Research

  • Input: Narrowing Down
    Mentoring (30mn/group)
    (nf)
  • 13:00: Input "Narrowing Down" (nf) in room 3K13
  • 13:45:  Mentorings per Group (30 Min.) 

14.00 Group presentations: Advanced concept, Related Work, References and Detailed inquiry plan for the next 4 weeks 
(

jb, nf)

Week 3
Play

Tuesday 11.4

Wednesday 12.4

Thursday 13.4

Friday 14.4

Morning

jb, nf)

Week 3
Play

Tuesday 11.4

Wednesday 12.4

Thursday 13.4

Friday 14.4

Morning

  • (9.00) Bodystorming in the field: follow/observe situation in the field (we don't meet in Toni)

  • 11.00-12.30 (back to Toni)
    Present Exercise:  
    Prototyping ideas
&
  • with Performance enactment / Bodystorming
    (jb
)Mentoring
(30mn/group
  • )
(jb)

Independent Study


  • Mentoring (online)
    Brief check-in / Present prototypes
    (
30mn
  • 20mn/group)
    (jb)

Independent Study

 - Renting Equipment (see Email  by Nicole  for permission)

Afternoon

  • 13.30
    Mentoring/Discussion
    (30mn/group)
    (jb)
Independent Study

14.00

  • Group presentations on location:
    Prototypes demoes in situation 
    (jb, nf)

Week 4
Stories and Users

Tuesday

19

18.4

Wednesday

20

19.4

Thursday

21

20.4

Friday

 22

 21.4

Morning

Input: Storytelling & Storyboards
(nf)
  • 9:00 - 10:00: Implentation of the feedback from last Friday in Concept (Independent Study ) 
  • 10:00 - 12:00: Input (nf)  Storytelling & Storyboards

Independent Study

Independent Study

Independent Study


Afternoon

  • Exercise: Storyboards
indezent
  • Independent Study 


13:00-15:00 in  6.F01.

Mentoring Storyboard (

30mn/group

nf)

(nf

Please set the chronological order for the groups (30.Min./group)

  • Group presentations:
    Narratives showcasing prototypes in action & plan for the production week
    (nf, jb)

Week 5
Production 1

Monday

25

24.04 // Tuesday

26

 25.4

Wednesday

27

26.4

Thursday

28

27.4

Friday

 29

 28.4


Production Week*

3F18 Reservation photo studio 3F18 in consultation with course service design. See email from Nicole from 11.04 


Production Week


3F18 Reservation photo studio 3F18 in consultation with course service design. See email from Nicole from 11.04 

Production Week

Production Week

10 - 12: Mentoring: 
Editing (nf)



Week 6
Production 2

Tuesday

 3

 2.5

Wednesday

 4

 3.5

Thursday 4.5

Friday

6

 5.5

Morning

  • Group presentations:
    Back from the production week:
    concise recount of what was made & achieved during the week 
    (jb
, nf
  • )

Independent Study

Mentoring 



Independent Study / Documentation prep

Afternoon




  • Mentoring on request (jb)
(
  • either Wednesday afternoon or Thursday
morning
  • , online)

  •  (30mn/group)
  • Editing Mentoring: (nf)

(jb)Mentoring: 
Editing 

Independent Study
/ Documentation prep

Afternoon


Independent Study
/ Documentation prep

Editing Mentoring (nf)

  • Mentoring on request (either Wednesday afternoon or Thursday)(30mn/group)
    (jb)

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Zoom

  • Final Group presentations
  • Feedback session
    (jb, nf)

JB: Dr. Joëlle Bitton, NF: Nicole Foesterl

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