Course description
BA Course, 1st Semester, 2008-2010
Lecturers: Karmen Franinovic, Gerhard Buurman, Florian Wille
In this course, students learn how to study and to design physical artifacts. The broader goal is to understand how the choices of form and material affect our senses and interactions. Perceptual approaches to design consider the physical manifestation of an object as something that affords a sensory-motor experience. We combine such experience-grounded approaches with traditional product design methods such as sketching of object's geometrical form. We use simple materials such as paper and foam to explore the potential of the three-dimensional things, and create interaction design concepts inspired by the materiality of tangible stuff.
Gerhard Buurman
Prof. Dr. Gerhard M. Buurman ist Leiter der Institut für Designforschung. Er ist Mitbegründer und Vorstandpräsident des Swiss Design Institute for Finance and Banking (SDFB) sowie Partner der Agentur ...
Florian Wille
Research Associate. BA Alumni. Mag.art in Convergent Industrial Design from the University of applied Arts Vienna.
Karmen Franinovic
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 ...