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Spring 2018: March 27 - May 4.

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

Nicole Foelsterl
nicole.foelsterl@zhdk.ch

Guest Lecturer:
Lalya Gaye

Office hours by appointment 

The module takes place from March 27 - May 4, over 6 weeks, including a reading week (5), from Tuesday to Friday each week, 9.30-17.00.
Class sessions include lectures, discussions, mentoring sessions, in-class exercises, home assignments and independent study blocks.
Projects are conducted in groups of 4 students. 

Overview and Objectives

This course puts the students in the context of realising an interaction design outcome from initial idea to final proposal, with a particular emphasis on field research and user-experience.
In this interaction design process, students work through the several stages of project development: Context/User Inquiry, Concept Generation, Idea Testing, Prototype Development, Evaluation and Concept Iteration. 

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Spring 2018: March 27 - May 4.

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

Nicole Foelsterl
nicole.foelsterl@zhdk.ch

Guest Lecturer:
Lalya Gaye

Office hours by appointment 

The module takes place from March 27 - May 4, over 6 weeks, including a reading week (5), from Tuesday to Friday each week, 9.30-17.00.
Class sessions include lectures, discussions, mentoring sessions, in-class exercises, home assignments and independent study blocks.
Projects are conducted in groups of 4 students. 

Overview and Objectives

This course puts the students in the context of realising an interaction design outcome from initial idea to final proposal, with a particular emphasis on field research and user-experience.
In this interaction design process, students work through the several stages of project development: Context/User Inquiry, Concept Generation, Idea Testing, Prototype Development, Evaluation and Concept Iteration. 

Following these stages of observation, creation, and evaluation, we will discuss and apply situated and user-centered methods (eg. bodystorming, context analysis, video scenarios, etc).

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Grades will be based on group presentations, class participation, home assignments, documentation (journal) and final work. All work should be produced in English.
Contributing to constructive group feedback is an essential aspect of class participation.
Regular attendance is required. Two or more unexcused absences will affect the final grade. Arriving late on more than one occasion will also affect the grade.

Group presentations 20% 

Final work 30%

Class participation 10% 

Journal Documentation 20%

Assignments 20%

Any assignment that remains unfulfilled receives a failing grade.  

Deliverables

• Group presentations

Interval group presentations each week present the advancement of the group's project and highlight the specific requirements of that week.
Each presentation are structured so that each group member will introduce an aspect of the project. On average, the presentation should be 10 minutes.
The format is open: 

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

The final outcome of the class is a project proposal in the form of 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...). For this class, there will be an emphasis on the film narrative as a way to disseminate your proposal.

• 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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Throughout the module, various short home assignments will be given to practice concepts discussed in class.

Course Materials

The course IAD Design Methods provides the background literature for this class.
Readings are made available in the shared IAD server.

Additional readings may be provided as the class progresses

Group presentations 20% 

Final work 30%

Class participation 10% 

Journal Documentation 20%

Assignments 20%

Any assignment that remains unfulfilled receives a failing grade.  

Deliverables

• Group presentations

Interval group presentations each week present the advancement of the group's project and highlight the specific requirements of that week.
Each presentation are structured so that each group member will introduce an aspect of the project. On average, the presentation should be 10 minutes.
The format is open: 

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

The final outcome of the class is a project proposal in the form of 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...). For this class, there will be an emphasis on the film narrative as a way to disseminate your proposal.

• 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):

• • The journal should be structured in a generally comprehensible manner
  • The lecture notes, including annotations, are stored
  • Notes, sketches for each day should be included as well
    
    
• Home assignments
  

Throughout the module, various short home assignments will be given to practice concepts discussed in class.

Course Materials

The course IAD Design Methods provides the background literature for this class.
Readings are made available in the shared IAD server, under 18FS > Sem2_IAD_PROCESS.

Additional readings are provided below as the class progresses:

• The 12 Permaculture Design Principles - compiled by Jason Gerhardt
• Permaculture, a Beginner's Guide - Graham Burnett
• Quirky Designs for Development and Social Change - Lalya Gaye
• What Do Prototypes Prototype - Stephanie Houde and Charles Hill
• Experience Prototyping - Marion Buchenau and Jane Fulton Suri
• Understanding context by being there: case studies in bodystorming - Antti Oulasvirta, Esko Kurvinen, Tomi Kankainen
• Theatre of the Oppressed - Augusto Boal
• Sense and Sensibility: Evaluation and Interactive Art - Kristina Höök, Phoebe Sengers, and Gerd Andersson

Teams projects

• UXA

• Catharograph

• Hollow 

Calendar

JB: Dr. Joëlle Bitton, NF: Nicole Foesterl, LG: Lalya Gaye

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