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Block Seminar Design Theory 4th semester

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The class will be structured around discussions, lectures, presentations of film and literature materials and in-class exercises.

Deliverables

  • Assignment 0 (before Monday 9.2)

  • Assignment 1 (prepare on Monday 9.2 afternoon) - send notes by email on 9.2 by 19.00

    • Watch La Jetée (Chris Marker, 1962, 28') 

    • Answer with 1-2 paragraphs the question: What do you fear?

    • Read Making Kin with the Machines 

    • Write 2-3 paragraphs about your impressions on the paper, remarks (what concept is new to you, inspiring aspects, positions you disagree with, etc..), questions...
      The remarks should capture learning points and possible critiques of the papers.

  • Assignment 2 (prepare on Tuesday 10.2 afternoon) - send notes by email on 10.2 by 19.00

    • Find 3 design projects that has for you all the qualities you ambition for yourself - in terms of impact, perspective shift, inspiration, etc (you will present 1 or 2 of them in class with 1 - 2 sentences each). Post link, author(s), title, date, picture, comment on Miro board.

    • Read Undesigning Technology: Considering the negation of design by design

    • Write 2-3 paragraphs about your impressions on the paper, remarks (what concept is new to you, inspiring aspects, positions you disagree with, etc..), questions...

  • Assignment 3 (prepare on Wednesday 11.2) - send notes by email on 11.2 by 20.00 

    • Read in depth 2 of those papers (your choice) and glance through over the other two: A Necessary Shift in Design Education, Unmaking: Enabling and Celebrating the Creative Material, Decolonising the Games Curriculum, Designing for Non-HumansAnimal-centered design needs dignity

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      nameACI.pdf
      , Young Indigenous Social Media Users of the Chittagong Hill Tracts in BangladeshY
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      nameSocialMedia.pdf

    • Write 2-3 paragraphs about your impressions on each paper, remarks (what concept is new to you, inspiring aspects, positions you disagree with, etc..), questions...

    • Beyond utopia and dystopia, propose how the ordinary and the present can inspire extraordinary perspectives and challenge opinions (following observation exercise in the afternoon). Post images/ideas/sketches/videos… on Miro board.

  • Assignment 4 - Final Work: The format of the final outcome is decided by each student- it will be an online representation of your reboot ideas (possibly 1-page website, written essay, video, or use of hosting platform such as TikTok, filmed performance, games, new object..). Individual work (some works can be in connection with one another). Your work needs to be in adequacy with the intention and the process. The collection of works from each student will constitute together an online exhibition.

    • +500 words to give context to the piece.

    • 3-5 mn presentation : why you made it, how it relates to the topic

    • reboot ideas: design education, the notion of the future, expanding the design field, exploring the perception of design in the world, specific technologies/designs, biases and stereotypes, fostering inclusiveness and equity, opportunities of undesign/untechnologize. Ask yourself the question of 'what you would like to reboot' (in your studies, life, design field, in societal conventions, etc..), respond to the proposals of the papers you read (for instance, about undesigning, or considering unconventional ways to address a topic), go back to the initial questions at the beginning of the week (what would you do differently in your studies?), etc.... The final assignment is a statement or positioning or response to those provocative questions

    • the ideas could represent your position on a topic above or on a case study discussed in class, your new proposal, or your interpretation of an issue

    • potential audience: other people in the design fields or?

  • Final presentation in class - upload on platform on 13.2 by 11.30 & present in class concisely. Send me as well a hard copy via email / wetransfer swisstransfer by 11.30.

Expectations, Gradings and Presence

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Attendance of all the in-class input sessions are imperative (3 mornings session and 1 afternoon session).  
The second session is Two sessions are in class, two are online (Zoom link provided by email), and 1 is a field visit. 
Zoom-etiquette during online sessions: please be present on screen (no commuting/travelling or doing another activity in parallel of the class), on time, and with camera turned-on as much as possible. 
Classes online and in presence at the same time are not possible.

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Mon 9.2 -
Past <> Imagineers

Tu 10.2 -
Future <> Futurisms

We 11.2 - 
Present <> Ordinary

Th 12.2 -
Present <> Reboot

Fr 13.2 -
Mutations

9.00 - 12.30

  • Intro: syllabus & course overview

  • Writing / reflective session

  • Lecture:
    'The Iron Men'

  • Discuss in duo in class

9.00 - 12.30

  • Readings discussion

  • Through a wild collage of films, music videos and experimental projects, we'll time travel

  • Discuss in duo in breakout room 

9.00 - 12.00

  • Readings discussion

  • Overview of proposals and case studies that open up or close up the design field.

  • Discuss in duo in classbreakout room

All day: Independent study - 
Prepare assignment 4

*Self-organized discussion - optional

Morning:
Independent study - Prepare final assignment 4

Upload assignment 4

Afternoon:
Independent study - Prepare assignment 1

*Send assignment 1 by 19.00


Afternoon:
Independent study - Prepare assignment 2

*Send assignment 2 by 19.00


13.00 30 - 14.30

  • Meet in class, we walk together to We meet at Josy recycling center for a short observation exercise

    Afternoon:
    Independent study - Prepare assignment 3

    *Send assignment 3 by 20.00

13.00 - 16.30

  • Readings Discussion

  • Presentation of final assignments

  • Closing Discussion

5H01

Online

5H01 Online (Morning) - Field (Afternoon) 


5H01 


Literature/References

Reminder: For each paper, you need to send response notes: underline 2-3 points that sparked questions and possibly points that you felt should have been addressed in the paper or that you want to challenge.
Use the Reading guideline to comment on the texts.