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Spring 2024: March 18 - April 19.

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The module takes place from March 18 - April 19, over 5 weeks, from Monday to Friday each week, 9.00-17.00 (On Monday mornings, the Method class takes place with transitions to the Process class, and Friday mornings are for your BA theory courses) 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 4: Stories and users 
    How is your work being evaluated? 
    Methods: forms of evaluation, from user-testing to narratives enacting scenarios

  • Week 5: Production 
    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)
    Finalising the project 

  • (Week 6: Polishing details/Final Documentation)

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Mandatory Assignments

  • Final Work

The final outcome of the class is a project proposal in the form of outcome of the class is a working prototype, user-tested and represented to an external audience in the form of a film and/or a medium of your choice (installation, website, demo, etc...). and demoed/exhibited and presented in context in a short film. For this class, there will be an emphasis on the film narrative as a way to disseminate your proposal.

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Interval group presentations/check-ins each week present the advancement of the group's project and highlight the specific requirements of that weekand highlight the specific requirements of that week. For some presentations, all the class attends and for 'check-ins', the session is with each group (see calendar below for details).
Each presentation are structured so that each group member will introduce an aspect of the project (all group members are required to attend). On average, the presentation should be 5-7 minutes.
The format is open: 

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

  • Week 2 Presentation Check-ins 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)
    Prototype 1.0

  • Week 5 First cut of video
    Delivered by Tuesday 16.4 morning on server

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Grades will be based on group presentations, class participation, home assignments, documentation (journal) and final work. 
Contributing to constructive group feedback is an essential aspect of class participation.
Regular attendance of 80% is required , whether in class or group workin all contact sessions. 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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Journal Documentation 20%

Any mandatory assignment (see above) that remains unfulfilled, the student receives a failing grade.  

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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.

Teams projects

Team Guru
Team Bias
Team Ecosystem
Team Sensory Experience

Calendar

Week 1
Into the Wild!

Monday 18.3

Tuesday 19.3

Wednesday 20.3

Thursday 21.3

Friday 22.3

Morning

(starts at 9.00 otherwise noted)



  • 9.00 - 12.00 Theory class: Design/Undesign Perspectives & Biases 

    + Overview of the IAD Process topic & scope (jb)

Field Research

Field Research







Field Research







Afternoon
(starts at 13.00 otherwise noted)


  • Introduction about the module, Note on Documentation

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

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

  • Assignment field research

14.00

  • First unedited results (sound, photos, videos, observations) (jb
, nf
  • )



Going back to Field Research

14.00

  • Input
    Ethnographic study & 

    Sense Making (nf)



Going back to Field Research

  • 14.00 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)


     
  • Expectations for the following week

  • *visit of mini-golf hard (tbc)

Week 2
Idea Transfers

Monday 25.3

Tuesday 26.3

Wednesday  27.3

Thursday  28.3

Friday 29.3

Morning

  • 9.30-
12
  • 11.
00
  • 30
    Theory class: Experience and the "user"

    Process class Exercise: Very rapid prototyping 
    (jb)


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


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

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

holiday

Afternoon

  • Group Presentations:
    mock-ups
    (jb) 

Field Research & Desk-based Research

START: 13:00 

  • Input "Narrowing Down" (nf) 
  • Mentorings per Group (30 Min.) (nf) 

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

Check-in by groups: Advanced concept: Related Work
, References
/Inspirations, Further field research, Directions and Prototype 1.0
(jb)

Week 3
Play

Monday 1.4

Tuesday 2.4

Wednesday  3.4

Thursday  4.4

Friday 5.4

Morning

holiday

  • 9.30-11.
30
  • 45
    Theory class: Prototyping concepts, prototyping everything


    Prototyping with Bodystorming in the field: follow/observe situation in the field (outside Toni)

Independent Study




Independent Study




atelier walk-thru (jb) (time tbd)



Afternoon


  • 15.00 (back to Toni)
    Present Exercise:  

    Prototyping ideas with Performance enactment / Bodystorming
    (jb)

Demoes on location (all groups together):
Prototypes demoes in situation 
(jb, nf)

Week 4
Stories and Users

Monday 8.4

Tuesday 9.4

Wednesday 10.4

Thursday 11.4

Friday 12.4

Morning

  • 9.30-11.30
    Theory class: Storytelling as a Prototype
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Independent Study



Independent Study

Independent Study



Afternoon

  • 13:30 - 16:30
  • Workshop Exercise/Input 
    Storytelling & Storyboards (nf) 



14:00 - 17:00

Mentoring Storyboard (nf)

14.00 Check-In by groups: Video showcase:
Narratives showcasing prototypes in action
(nf, jb)

Week 5
Production 

Monday 15.04 

Tuesday 16.4

Wednesday 17.4

Thursday  18.4

Friday 19.4


  • 9.30-11.30
    Theory class: Evaluating Outcomes (with participants)


  • Mentoring (jb)

Production 

Production

Editing Mentoring: (nf)

on request  

10:15 - 10:45: Safe Space

10:45 - 11:15: Eco Systems

11:15 - 11:45: BAS

11:45 - 12:15: Guru



Production *Booking photo studio Deadline
  • Final Group presentations - choose location
  • Feedback session
    (jb, nf)







JB: Dr. Joëlle Bitton, NF: Nicole Foesterl

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