Interactive Experience Design: Senior Projects

Th 19 Jan #01

Topics

• Intro

M 23 Jan #02

Topics

• Communicating design in three dimensions
• Bring craft knife, tape, and board or cardboard

Projects

• Coffee: Show three study models; give three-minute presentation about present two thematic/conceptual approaches
• Portfolio: Show your portfolio or portfolio site in class

Reading

• Read the syllabus, class schedule, starting and submitting, and citations and copyright.
• Designing Interactions, ch. 8, “Multisensory and Multimedia“ (available as a PDF from the book site)

Th 26 Jan #03

Field trip

🏢 National Museum of American History. Meet in main lobby on south (Mall) side at 2:30 p.m. Bring materials for taking notes and sketching.

Projects

• Capstone: For this class, review exhibit listings on American History Museum website and start thinking about which exhibits might serve as starting points.
• Coffee: Carry on work. No critique.

Reading

• How to succeed in this class

M 30 Jan #04

Projects

• Capstone: Give a ten-minute presentation about two possible topics. Include images.

Th 2 Feb #05

Reading

• Trump Exposes A Fatal Flaw In User-Friendly Design
• Dancing in a Hurricane (Thomas L. Friedman, New York Times)

Projects

• Coffee: Bring in developed sketch models; work on moving to 2D representation

M 6 Feb #06

Topics

•  Studio

Reading

• Radically Rethinking Design (Melody Kramer, NiemanLab)

Projects

• Coffee: Finish model (unless we’ve spoken about an alternative)
• Capstone: Be able to give speak concisely about your idea (in one to three sentences)
• Portfolio: Show your existing portfolio, on a website if possible

Th 9 Feb #07

Topics

• Consequences? Interaction, popup ads, and the 2016 presidential election

Reading

• “We Know What You Did” from the Reply All podcast (audio or transcript)
• Optional: Ethan Zuckerman, The Internet’s Original Sin

Projects

• Final critique for Coffee

M 13 Feb #08

Projects

• Capstone: Conduct research about your topic. Give a five-minute talk, with some kind of visuals, speaking to the audiences you hope to reach and what they should take from your mobile exhibit.
• Portfolio: We’ll do small group critiques and plan-setting in class.

Th 16 Feb #09

Field trip

🏢 Some Were Neighbors special exhibition at US Holocaust Memorial Museum. Meet at 3:00 pm in the museum’s atrium, after passing through the security check. Tour will end at 4:00 pm—you can visit the main exhibition if you would like.

M 20 Feb #10

Structure

From here, unless otherwise specified, we’ll be doing group or individual critiques for the capstone project on Mondays, and portfolio site and exit interview/presentation critiques on Thursdays. These are informal critiques, but aim to show progress each week.

Capstone

Show three concepts, with images/diagrams/drawings to pin up (or to show on-screen if motion-based or interactive). Support your ideas with information about intended audiences.

Th 23 Feb #11

Portfolio

In class, we’ll discuss your portfolios, probably in pairs, and set plans.

M 27 Feb #12

Capstone

Present research on precedents—other examples of work—that speak to what you’re doing.

Th 2 Mar #13

Field Trip

🏢 Visit to iStrategyLabs. Meet at ISL offices (641 S St. NW) at 2:30 p.m.

M 6 Mar #14

Reading

• How to Design a Life (podcast interview w. Debbie Millman)

Th 9 Mar #15

M 20 Mar #16

Th 23 Mar #17

M 27 Mar #18

Th 30 Mar #19

M 3 Apr #20

Th 6 Apr #21

M 10 Apr #22

Th 13 Apr #23

M 17 Apr #24

Practice interviews

• Alice
• Daniella
• Janella
• Lexie (?)
• Casey (?)

Th 20 Apr #25

Practice interviews

• Julienne
• Allison
• Milvia (?)
• Casey

Th 27 Apr #27

Practice interviews

• Tyler
• Natalie
• Yuki

M 1 May #28

Projects

Final group critique, all projects