BA course, 6th semester
Lecturer: Karmen Franinovic
A design method is always related to a specific opportunity is addresses, a question it aims to answer and a goal it aims to accomplish. Interaction design process applies different methods in several stages of project development: Context/User Research, Concept Generation, Idea Testing, Prototype Development, Prototype Evaluation, Iteration (See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interaction_design#Methodologies). However, interaction methods are numerous and offer a number of different ways to proceed in your project. This course will help you identify methods that are best suited to develop your BA thesis and organize them in a BA project methodology which will reveal fruitful directions and alternatives during the BA project development.
Course Blog 2011
Karmen is an architect and designer working with critical and playful uses of technology in everyday life. She pursues research in fields of sonic interaction, responsive environments, basic design, enaction and ...
We are working on a robotic agent for aged people, providing them a native and uncomplicated way to communicate with their loved ones.
BA 2010 Design Process Blog by Jonas Kaufmann and Gabriel Süss
BA documentation of interaction design student Christoph Brandin.