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

Table of Content

Deliverables and deadlines

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

12 December 2018, 17.00

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

18 January 2019, 17.00 (BA Thesis Concept Seminar - final session)

Development of intention (3-5-page essay)
Initial project 'pretotype'
Choice of mentoring team (send 1st & 2nd choice to Martin Dusek)

21 February 2019, 17.00

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

23 March 2019, 17.00

Chapter Concept
Advanced prototype

23 April 2019, 17.00

Chapter Project Development

13 May 2019, 17.00

BA thesis 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 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.

3 June 2019, 14.00 - 18.00

Visit through Exhibition, possible adjustments of scenography

6 June 2019, 16.00 - 22.00

Exhibition Vernissage

11 June 2019, 09.00 -11.30 exhibition space

Practice session for BA Finals

12 June 2019, 10.00 - 15.30, exhibition space

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

13 June 2019: 09.00 - 16.00, room 4.E08

Final mentors and jury discussion (09.00-10.00)
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

3 group presentations

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 presentation guidelines.

21 February 2019: Kick-off - Progress session 1 "Background and Related Work", 10.00 - 12:00//13.30-15.00, room 5.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

22 March 2019: Progress session 2, "Early Findings and Prototypes", 09:30 - 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?

3 May 2019: Progress session 3, "Observations and Lessons learned", 10.00 - 13:00, room 5.T04

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

Thesis focus workshops

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 - 12.00, room 4T30

14 March 2019: Sound mentoring, 13.00 - 17.00 (If your project has a sound component or if mentor Matthias Kappeler thinks that you might need a discussion on that aspect), room tbd

26 March 2019: Exhibition workshop, 09.30 - 12.30, room tbd

5 April 2019: Refresh Sound for Video workshop, 13.00 - 16.00, 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

21 May 2019: Video and Sound review with mentors, Timetable with Matthias Kappeler and Nicole Foelsterl, room tbd

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

Calendar Overview

December 2018	January 2019	February 2019	March 2019
12.12 2-page statement	7-18.01 BA Thesis Concept Seminar Development of intention (3-5-page essay) Initial project prototype Choice of mentoring team	21.2 Kick off - Progress session 1	6.3 Refresh workshop ethnography methods 14.3 morning Thesis structure review check 14.3 afternoon Sound Mentoring 22.3 Progress session 2 Chapter Concept delivery Advanced project 26.3 Exhibition workshop
12.12 2-page statement		Draft Thesis structure Background/context research Advanced prototype
April 2019	May 2019	June 2019
5.4 Refresh Sound for Video workshop 22.4 Chapter Project Development delivery	3.5 Progress session 3 Advanced project 7.5 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	3.6 Exhibition layout review 4.6. Video Mentorings: Whole day 6.6 Vernissage 11.6 BA Finals - Practice round 12.6 BA Finals 13.6 BA Finals - Feedback

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