Schedule
I OPENING PERIOD
Week 1: Learning week. Introduction to Prototyping in Design Research
March 18: Intro
Intro
- 10-12, room 857 (IK, PA, JM)
- 13-14, room 891, workshop: (a) class brief: (b) user research brief
- 14-16, kick-off, room 885 (playing with Wii)
March 19: Prototyping in design research
- 10-15, room 891: Design research traditions in prototyping
Week 2. Learning & user research week
March 25: Intro, wrap up
- 10-13, room 891
March 26: Introduction to electronics, sensor and actuator technology, elementary software
- 9-17, room 891
March 27: Intro to electronics
- 9-13, room 891
- 14-17, roo, 869, MA students' place: wrapping up design concepts
March 28: Finishing ideas, presentations
- 9-12, MA students' place: finishing idea presentations
- 13-17: room 857, idea presentations and feedback for audience
Week 3: Software and concept development week
March 31, 9-17: various places: benchmarking existing products and concepts
April 1, 9-17:
- 9-12: intro to electronics, room 891
- 13-17: summary of benchmarking, presentations
April 3:
- 9-12: choosing concepts dor prototyping
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II CONSTRUCTION PERIOD
Weeks 4-6: PROTOTYPING
((Construction period. No specific schedule. Just hard work))
April 24:
- 9-12, room 857: planning user tests
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III FINAL PERIOD
Week 7: Preparing user testing
- May 5, 9-16: preparing the prototypes
Week 7: user test and analysis
Week 8: Wrap up
- May 12, 9-17, room 857: analyzing data workshop
- May 12-15: creating presentations
- May 16, 9-17, room 885: Final presentations: user research, concepts, processes, prototypes, user tests