INTERACTION DESIGN THEORY SEMINAR 5th semester
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Class sessions include a lecture/discussion each Monday from 15.00-17.00 in 4.K14T31.
OVERVIEW AND OBJECTIVES
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Any assignment that remains unfulfilled receives a failing grade.
ASSIGNMENTS
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 lesson should be included as well
COURSE MATERIALS
Readings are made available in the shared IAD server.
CALENDARStatement of Intent for the BA thesis.
- 2-page essay describing your field of interest, motivation, choice of research method and intended contribution.
See detailed guidelines.
Related Work Visual Map with annotations
- Following your statement, and with your choice of visual representation/metaphor, design a map showcasing where your project is situated among existing projects and references that address similar questions.
Related projects include design and art projects, literature, movies, initiatives, etc.
The projects should be commented within the map or separately (1000 words).
Map can be an online or a print work.
COURSE MATERIALS
Readings are made available in the shared IAD server:
BDE_VIAD-MATERIAL/01_VORLESUNGEN & PROJEKTE/18HS/Sem5_SweetDreamsAreMadeOfThis
CALENDAR
Session 01 – 24.09.2018 – What is the Action? (Joëlle Bitton)
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Session 03 – 08.10.2018 – Positioning I: Critique (Björn Franke)Positioning I: Critique (Björn Franke)
Please read and prepare the following material for this session's discussion:
Anthony Dunne and Fiona Raby, Design Noir: The Secret Life of Electronic Objects (Basel: Birkhäuser Verlag, 2001), excerpt.
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Session 04 – 15.10.2018 – Positioning II: ManifestoesManifestos (Björn Franke)Ingo Niermann, Solution 1-10: Umbauland (Berlin: Sternberg Press, 2009), excerpt.
Please read and prepare the following material for this session's discussion:
Michael Schindhelm, Solution 262: Lavapolis (Berlin: Sternberg Press, 2014), excerpt.
The Invisible Committee, The Coming Insurrection (CambridgeLos Angeles, MA: MIT PressCA: Semiotext(e), 2009), excerpt.
The Invisible Committee, To Our Friends (CambridgeLos Angeles, MA: MIT PressCA: Semiotext(e), 2015), excerpt.
The Invisible Committee, Now (CambridgeLos Angeles, MA: MIT PressCA: Semiotext(e), 2017), excerpt.
Session 05 – 22.10.2018 – Introduction to paradigm, methodology and methods (Verena Ziegler)
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Gaver, W.: Making spaces: How design workbooks work, Conference: Proceedings of the International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2011, Vancouver, BC, Canada, (May 7-12, 2011)
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Eco, U., Farina, C., Farina, G., & Erspamer, F. (2015). NOTES. In How to Write a Thesis (pp. 225-230). MIT Press. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt17kk9g5.14
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Koskinen, I., Zimmerman, J., Binder, T., Redström, J., & Wensveen, S. (2011). Design research through practice: From lab, field, and showroom. San Francisco, CA: Morgan Kaufmann.
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Workshop I-IIII Group-Presentations of various approaches in the class
Jonas, W., Zerwas, S., von Anshelm, K., (2015) Transformation Design - Perspectives on a New Design Attitude, Birkhäuser, 978-3-0356-0636-2 November 2015.
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Session 11 – 03.12.2018 – Ownership I: Involvement (Björn Franke)
Please read and prepare the following material for this session's discussion:
Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life (New York: Random House, 2018), excerpt.
David Graeber, Direct Action: An Ethnography (Oakland, CA: AK Press, 2009), excerptchap 5.
The Yes Men Fix The World, P2P Edition, directed by Andy Bichlbaum, Mike Bonanno and Kurt Engfehr, 2009.
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Session 12 – 10.12.2018 – Ownership II: Devotion (Björn Franke)Ownership II: Dedication (Björn Franke)
Please read and prepare the following material for this session's discussion:
Hans Ulrich Obrist, Thomas Demand, The Conversation Series, vol. 10 (Köln: Walter König, 2007), excerpt.Hans Ulrich Obrist, Marina Abramović, The Conversation Series, vol. 23 (Köln: Walther König, 2010
Paul Cronin, Werner Herzog: A Guide for the Perplexed (London: Faber & Faber, 2014), excerpt.
Additionally, look up some of the work of Thomas Demand and Werner Herzog.
Final Assignment: deadline 12.12.18
- Statement of Intent for the BA thesis.
2-page essay describing your field of interest, motivation, choice of research method and intended contribution.
See detailed guidelines here. - Related Work Visual Map with annotations
Following your statement, and with your choice of visual representation/metaphor, design a map showcasing where your project is situated among existing projects and references that address similar questions.
Related projects include design and art projects, literature, movies, initiatives, etc.
The projects should be commented within the map or separately (1000 words).
Map can be an online or a print work.
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