Lecturer

• Dr. Joëlle Bitton
• Prof. Jürgen Späth
• Nicole Foelsterl

Teaching Assistance

• Marcial Koch
  

Students / Groups

Attendance

In the contact hours a minimum attendance of 80% is required to pass the course. Contact hours: kick-off, input session, mentoring, presentation. Two or more unexcused absences will affect the final grade. Arriving late on more than one occasion will also affect the grade.

Grading

Grades will be based on class participation, final work and deliverables.

• 30% Storytelling (video)
• 30% Mock up
• 20% Project Description
• 20% Exercises & Class participation

Any assignment that remains unfulfilled receives a failing grade.

Weekly Deliverables

• 13.01.23, Presentation 1 - Prototype/Mock-up
  The mock up or prototype is the manifestation of your ideas into a service, a product, a method, a user's experience, etc - use basic or advanced materials to showcase your ideas in the shape of a rapid prototype (go into the field if needed for your project).
• 16.01.23, 17:00 - Choice of Mentoring Team (fill out form)
• 20.01.23, Presentation 2 - Storytelling
  The experience you want to create should be presented in a video format with a narrative, showcasing prototype and user's journey (go into the field if needed for your project).

Final Deliverables

All deliverables have to be uploaded to the filer until Monday 23.01.2023 at 09:00 AM, if not stated otherwise.

• Storytelling Video from weekly deliverables (to be stored in a file labelled “Video”)
• Prototype/Mock-up from weekly deliverables, depending on the prototype format (to be stored in a file labeled “Prototype”)

Please take a look at the IAD documentation guidelines for submission.

Presentation 1 - Demo of Prototypes/Mock-ups

Set up Prototype/Mock-up demos in room in advance for a group tour

Presentation 2 - Video Storytelling

• Individual Project - 10 minutes: 5 min presentation + 5 min feedback
• Tandem Project - 12 minutes: 7 min presentation + 5 min feedback

Please start by showing the video. The duration will be included in the presentation time.

Mentoring Teams

• Prof. Jürgen Späth / Paulina Zybinska
• Dr. phil. Björn Franke / Luke Franzke
• Dr. Joëlle Bitton / Verena Ziegler
• Dr. Roman Kirschner / Mona Neubauer

Fill out Choice of Mentoring Form until 16.01.23, 17:00!

The BA concept seminar is considered as a way to quickly prototype and showcase the thesis project in a video narrative. Students will develop a conceptual and practical exploration for their final BA thesis and present the experience they aim to create in the form of a 1-page updated project description (see disposition guideline), a prototype/mock-up showing the core aspects of the interactive experience they are aiming to create and a video showcasing the prototype in use. A blog documenting the 2-weeks progress is recommended.

The concept seminar addresses notions in preparation for their final thesis work:

• what does it mean to make a statement and a contribution to the field of interaction design?
• how to identify the design, social and experiential opportunities within the topic of interest?
• how to define a space of potential design explorations?
• how to narrow down the topic following own personal positioning, approach and interests?
• how to present the desired embodied experience that the BA thesis should engender?

Exercise 1: 20 ways of description

Write down and/or sketch out twenty ways to define your thesis project on post its and later sort them into categories. Define two or three most important statements.

Exercise 2: Topic Area

Define the all the qualities, parameters and values that are important for the thesis and your ambition as a designer. Find the most relevant existing projects that match your criteria (it could be a particular aspect of a project). Use sketches, photos or collages to present projects on your wall.

Exercise 3: Design Area

Identify the two or three most important dimensions of your topic area. This will be your design area. Sketch quickly 50 ideas to populate your design area. Place them on your design area in relation to criteria and parameters (sketches, photos or collages). Also think of how you want to execute your ideas and exhibit them.