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Public Interfaces<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Tuesdays 6 – 8:50pm
\n<\/span>Michael Luck Schneider
\n<\/span>mschneider5@sva.edu<\/span><\/p>\n

Course Description<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Public spaces have traditionally been designed to support the social, a place for culture, education, work and leisure; we more and more turn to our digital devices to fill these same roles. This course will explore the multi-modal physical world and the role that interaction design and the digital design process have in reactivating and finding new opportunities in the spaces that we inhabit. \u00a0We will investigate new possibilities available to us through leveraging new technology, and working closely with architects, lighting designers and acoustic designers to create a fully integrated experience that engages people through all of their senses. This studio class will be heavily focused on prototyping and charrettes, and on developing your skills in rapidly iterating design concepts. Students will use their thesis projects as a starting point and develop ideas as adjuncts to the projects, or as the main project itself.<\/span><\/p>\n

Work<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Most of the work in this class will revolve around 3 projects, one quick dirty and done individually, one group project working on an intervention for a defined space (Levi\u2019s Stadium) and a final group project that is more open ended. Students will also do a technology research project that they will present to the class. Students are expected to document their work online and to actively participate in supporting fellow classmates.<\/span><\/p>\n

Students will learn about the challenges and opportunities of designing for public spaces as well as try out a number of different techniques for rapid iterative development of a design. We will explore how to apply some of the digital design processes to \u201creal space\u201d such as designing in the final medium and rapid iterations.<\/span><\/p>\n

It is vital that students work in groups as all of the projects require multiple perspectives and disciplines. Groups will be created for the first group project and then rearranged for the final project. Students should expect to take on roles within their group and will be responsible for the outcome of that aspect of their project (i.e. physical, visual, content, technology).<\/span><\/p>\n

Conduct\u00a0<\/b>(adapted from Marina Zurkow)<\/span><\/p>\n

This class meets for one two-hour and fifty minute session per week.
\n<\/span>No email or IM in class \u00a0(you will be asked to leave).
\n<\/span>Grades are based on class participation (40%) and assignments (60%).
\n<\/span>See below for absences and lateness.
\n<\/span>Assignment due dates are hard dates.<\/span><\/p>\n

Unexcused absences on project due dates will constitute a failure of that assignment. If you have an excused absence, you will have to arrange for an out-of-class appointment to review your work. If you are part of a team, your work will be critiqued on the assignment due date by the member who is present.<\/span><\/p>\n

In exceptional cases, at the discretion of the professor, a student may be excused from class. \u00a0Leave will be considered 1 week (or more) before the class in question but not after that time. \u00a0This does not apply to sudden illness, a death in the family, or other last-minute exigencies. \u00a0Situations, which merit consideration for leave from a class, include:<\/span><\/p>\n

-Unique and compelling professional opportunities relevant to your studies
\n<\/span>-Important family events (weddings, funerals, and the like)
\n<\/span>-Incapacitating or contagious illness \u00a0(NB: A student must call or e-mail the professor BEFORE the class time if he or she cannot attend as a result of serious illness. \u00a0Failure to do so will result in an unexcused absence.)
\n<\/span>-Religious holidays<\/span><\/p>\n

CLASS IS SHORT, SO COME ON TIME.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lateness (more than 5 minutes) or early departure from class translates into one half absence.<\/span><\/p>\n

Assessment<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Class Participation: 40%
\n<\/span>First Project: 10%
\n<\/span>Second Project: 20%
\n<\/span>Final Project: 30%<\/span><\/p>\n

Class Meetings<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Week 1
\n<\/b>Honing our sensory understanding of the spaces we inhabit, understanding the importance of delivering a cohesive experience through multiple senses, and introductions<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Reading – Oldenburg\u00a0Our Vanishing 3rd places<\/span><\/a>. Create a blog post that has two ideas from the reading that stand out to you. Put it under the “Third Places<\/b><\/span><\/a>” category. This is due by Sunday 13.<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Assignment – quick dirty individual project – take a project or an aspect of a project you have done at SVA (ideally your thesis) and locate it somewhere in the NYC subway system. Create a simple 3-5 minute presentation of it. Put a link to it or post it under the “Quick Indie Project<\/b><\/span><\/a>”\u00a0<\/b>category.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Week 2
    \n<\/b>Third places, public places, and building shared experience as community investment. The role of digital in the third place.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Who are you? Who are they? Who are we? – first in a series of improv exercises to better understand the user.<\/span><\/p>\n

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    1. Reading –\u00a0Everything Sings Intro<\/span><\/a>, Denis Wood<\/span><\/li>\n
    2. Assignment – Observe and Document a Third place, present it back to the class through multiple senses. Work in groups, each student responsible for documenting a different sense. Feel free to impair a sense if it helps you focus(blindfold, earplug, big mittens). Compare your observations and create a presentation that represents the information through multiple senses. Use time, or choose another axis to plot your observations against.<\/span><\/li>\n
    3. Reading – \u00a0Double diamond design process. Read these articles and diagram\u00a0out your version of the design process that you will follow with your team.<\/span>\n
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      1. Design Council<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
      2. Double Diamond<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
      3. Diagram<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Week 3<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

        The Design Diamond, Iterative design, prototyping, and creation mythology<\/span><\/p>\n

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        1. (15) Assignment – Same Groups start to brainstorm 3rd place building tool for 49ers stadium (three weeks till presentation) This week you will be expected to do the first part of the design diamond, focussing on divergent discovery<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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            1. Read linked articles or other articles to find out about the underlying technical infrastructure of Levis Stadium<\/span>\n
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              1. http:\/\/www.levisstadium.com\/stadium-info\/stadium-app\/<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
              2. http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/information-technology\/2013\/03\/the-49ers-plan-to-build-the-greatest-stadium-wi-fi-network-of-all-time\/<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
              3. Research existing products in the market that are similar;\u00a0categorize them.<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n
              4. Research your user, and\u00a0group by level of engagement across a timeline.<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n
              5. Find an expert to interview to find out more about this market,\u00a0bulletpoint your findings.<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n
              6. <\/b>Make a list of actions<\/b>\u00a0that already are happening at this place (ordering drinks, cheering the team, watching other games\u2026)<\/span><\/li>\n
              7. <\/b>Write a draft (or two) of your creation myth.\u00a0<\/b>This is the identity or brand of what you are going to be designing. This can be total fiction, a story that can communicate the mood and should give the reason for your design to exist as well as give people the reason to connect.<\/span><\/li>\n
              8. Put all of the above documentation under the category “\u2014 49ers Diverge (research)<\/b><\/span><\/a>”\u00a0<\/b>for review next class.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/ol>\n

                Week 4
                \n<\/b>Platform – product continuum<\/span><\/p>\n

                49ers Roleplaying<\/span><\/p>\n