Phil van Allen's Courses

Available Courses

• Productive Interaction

  • Teacher: Philip van Allen

    

  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.
• New Ecology of Things

    

  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.
• Productive Interaction - 09FA

    

  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.