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Mentors

Dr. Joëlle Bitton / Verena Ziegler
Prof. Dr. Karmen Franinovic / Luke Franzke
Prof. Jürgen Spath / Clemens Winkler

Consulting:

Joël Gähwiler (Tech)
Nicole Foelsterl (Video+ethnography)
Matthias Kappeler (Sound)

Coordinator:

Martin Dusek

Attendance

Attendance to all presentations and workshops is mandatory for all BA-finals candidates, unless specified.
All monthly general presentations are open to all BA IAD students.
BA finals are open to ZHdK audience and friends.

Table of Content

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Deliverables and deadlines

All document deliveries should be made on the IAD server. See screenshot.

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12 December 2018, 17.00

  • Statement & project disposition (2-page essay)
    Make a stand: what contribution do you want to make?


18 January 20182019, 17.00 (BA Thesis Concept Seminar - final session)

  • Development of intention (3-5-page essay)
  • Initial project prototype

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  • 'pretotype'

  • Choice of mentoring team (send 1st & 2nd choice to Martin Dusek)

21 February 2019, 17.00 (Kick-off semester - progress session)

  • Thesis structure (Structure of your thesis, commented - 2 pages)
  • Chapter Research field: Background/context research (, literature review and related work, situating work in relation to theory & practice, field of contribution)
  • Advanced prototype
  • Choice of mentoring team


Mid-March 201823 March 2019, 17.00

  • Chapter Concept
  • Advanced prototype

23 April 2019, 17.00

  • Chapter : User-studies

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  • Project Development

13 May 2019, 17.00

  • Full BA thesis (part A and part B) delivered (including updates and rewrites, with final reflection on practice)
    • Please hand in two hard copies of your thesis to Karin Luginbühl, IAD office room 4C.01, until 17.00.
    • Digital copy on the IAD server by 17.00.

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  • full text delivered on server 

23 May 2019, 09,00 - 18.00, Room 4.E08

  • Thesis Colloquium 
    Each student meets the main mentors together for a 20-minutes session. The student explain briefly what their findings are (max. 5 min) and then we have a discussion (mentors ask questions) about the work and the process (15 min).

27 May 2019, 17.00

  • Full BA thesis (part A and part B) text and documents delivered (including updates and rewrites, with final reflection on practice)
    • Please hand in two hard copies of your thesis to Karin Luginbühl, IAD office room 4C.01, until 17.00.
    • Digital copy on the IAD server by 17.00.

End May 2019, 09,00 - 18.00, Room tba

  • Thesis Colloquium 
    Each student meets the theory mentors together for a 20-minutes session. The student explain briefly what their findings are (max. 5 min) and then we have a discussion (mentors ask questions) about the work and the process (15 min).

3 June 2019, 14.00 - 18.00

  • Visit through Exhibition with mentors
    , possible adjustments of scenography

6 June 2019, 16.00 - 22.00

  • Exhibition Vernissage 

11 June 2019, 1009.00 -16.00 (in the 11.30 exhibition space)

  • Practice session for BA Finals

12 June 2019, 0810.30 00 - 1615.0030, in exhibition space (afterwards discussion for mentors room tba, 16.00 - 19.00) 

  • BA Finals 
  • Mentors and Jury discussion (room 4D11, 15.30 - 18.30, time tbc)

13 June 2019: 1009.00 - 16.00, room 4K4.22.1E08

  • Final mentors and jury discussion (1009.00-1210.00)
  • Thesis Students feedback session (13.00-16.00)
  • Sommerfest (17.00-dawn)

18 June 2019: 14.00 

  • Präsentation/Jurierung Förderpreis. Teilnahme von Beiräten und Gönner

19 June 2019: 11.00-12.00

  • Führung Kollegium Propädeutikum

19 June 2019: 16.30-18.00

  • Führung für Lehrpersonen und Berufsberatungen

20 June 2019: 12.00 

  • ZHdK interne Führung

21 June 2019: 11.00 MA /14.00 BA

  • Diplomfeier

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Presentation of advancement of project as well as theoretical research, together with all students and all mentors.
Presentation should all be 5 minutes long with 10 minutes for feedback and discussion.
Format is free - although slides are most useful to structure your presentation. See below for more oral presentation guidelines.

End 21 February 2019: Kick-off - Progress session 1 "Background and Related Work", 10.00 - 1712:00//13.30-15.00, room tba5.T04

  • Present status of your thesis concept
  • Analysis of existing situation, experience or technology
  • Present related work and how you situate your project in comparison
  • Present advanced prototype

Beginning April 22 March 2019: Progress session 2, "Early Findings and Prototypes", 10.00 - 17:00, room tba09:30 - 12:30, room 5.K07

  • Advanced research from user studies if applicable
  • Present data and main findings 
  • How will this inform your concept, problem or design opportunity? Based on your findings, inform or enhance your concept.

  • What kind of prototype is the most suitable for your project?
  • What kind of prototype helped you find the main findings/observations?
  • What do you hope to achieve with your prototype?

Mid-3 May 20182019: Progress session 3, "Observations and Lessons learned", 10.00 - 1713:00, room tba5.T04

  • Present your final exhibition concept concept and project
  • Final Observations from user studies
  • Present 3 main lessons learned from your process
  • Present your contribution to the field

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Thesis focus workshops

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Attendance to workshops are required but it may depend in some circumstances on your focus and can be assessed by mentors.

6 March 2019: Refresh Workshop for Participatory and Design Ethnographic Methods, 09:30 - 12.30

14 March 2019: Thesis structure review workshop, 09.30 - 12.3000, room 4T334T30

20 14 March 20182019: Sound mentoring, 913.00 - 17.00 (If your project has a sound component or if mentor Daniel Hug Matthias Kappeler thinks that you might need a discussion on that aspect), room tbd

27 26 March 20182019: Exhibition workshop, 09.30 - 12.30, room tbd11

5 April 20182019: Refresh Sound for Video workshop, 0913.30 00 - 12.30 (optional - only for those who will make videos), room 5T.04

11 April 2018: Refresh Sound for Video workshop, 13.00 - 16.00 (optional - only for those who will make videos), room 4K.22.1

7-9 May 201816.00, room tbd

7 May 2019: Refresh Video workshop, 09.30 - 12.30, room tbd

14 May 2019: Video Production, photo studio room 3H.18, Details/Timetable directly distributed by Nicole Foelsterl (optional - only for those who will make videos)24 May 2018Foelsterl

21 May 2019: Video and Sound review with mentors, Timetable with Daniel Hug and Nicole Foelsterl (optional - only for those who will make videos), room 4K.22.1with Matthias Kappeler and Nicole Foelsterl, room tbd

4 June 2019: Video Mentoring, whole day, room tbd

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Calendar Overview

December 2018January 2019February  2019March  2019
12.12
2-page statement
8

7-

19

18.01
BA Thesis Concept Seminar

  • Development of intention (3-5-page essay)
  • Initial project
prototype20.02 
  • prototype
  • Choice of mentoring team

21.2
Kick off - Progress session 1 

1

6.3 
Refresh workshop ethnography methods

14.3 morning
Thesis structure review

workshop15

check

14.3 afternoon
Sound Mentoring

22.3
Progress session 2

23.3 
Written thesis - fully structured and 90% completed
27
  • Chapter Concept delivery 
  • Advanced project 

26.3
Exhibition workshop

  • Draft Thesis structure
  • Background/context research 
  • Advanced prototype
  • Choice of mentoring team
  • April  2019May 2019June  2019
    11

    5.4
    Refresh Sound for Video workshop

    (optional)17.4

    22.4 

    • Chapter Project Development delivery

    3.5
    Progress session 3

    • Advanced project
    3

    7.5


    Thesis colloquium7-9.5
    Video production (optional)
    15.5
    Progress session 4

    28.5

    BA


    Refresh Video workshop 

    13.5 

    • Thesis text version delivered

    14.5
    Video production 

    14.5.
    Video Mentorings: Half day

    21.5.
    Video and Sound Mentorings: Half day

    23.5
    Thesis colloquium

    27.5

    • Complete thesis and project documentation delivered
    4




    3.6 
    Exhibition layout review


    7

    4.6.
    Video Mentorings: Whole day

    6.6 
    Vernissage

    11.6 
    BA Finals - Practice round

    13


    12.6 
    BA Finals

    14

    13.6 
    BA Finals - Feedback