Meets Thursdays, 2-6 in the MDP studio
Whether getting things done, biding time, following serendipity, or being entertained, users are readers, viewers, thinkers, and—in well-designed interactions—active participants who build their own experiences and meaning spaces. This is what is meant by Productive Interaction and it requires that interactive designers consider themselves to be co-creators of meaning. Students will learn various approaches to Interactive Design and explore design strategies for achieving these goals through readings, discussion, design projects and critique.
Spring 2009 - Wednesdays 2-6, South Campus MDP Research Studio, room 211
Starting with a deep dive into the design implications of pervasive networks, embedded and embodied technologies, and a world where every object and space has a life of its own, this class will explore The New Ecology of Things. Students will build working prototypes in the physical world, using sensors, effectors and computation to create objects and spaces that take advantage of this new ecology. In particular, students will work beyond the efficiencies of task-oriented applications, and explore meaning-making through productive, mythological and embodied interactions.
Whether getting things done, biding time,
following serendipity, or being entertained, users
are readers, viewers, thinkers, and - in
well-designed interactions - active participants
who build their own experiences and meaning
spaces. This is what is meant by Productive
Interaction and it requires that interaction
designers considers themselves to be co-creators
of meaning. Students will learn various
approaches to Interaction Desing and explore
design strategies for achieving these goals
through readings, discussion, design projects and
critique.
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