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Description
This class proposes to learn by looking at objects as ¿things¿, that is, entities provided with power and affordances capable of influencing human behaviors and practices. In this view of objects as dynamic rather than passive agents, students are asked to design a technological device that misbehaves, thus betraying common expectations linked to its deployment. In doing so, together with the object, each student will re-design the ecological and socio-cultural network in which the object lives and operates. Using methods spanning from speculative to participatory design, the objective of the course is to engage with critical narratives that move beyond traditional problem-solving lenses, and towards the uncanny, ambiguous, adversarial. The resulting projects will be presented as an exhibit of ¿thick scenarios¿, involving interactive objects, graphic representations and videos.
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Class Number
1395
Credits
3
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Description
The goal of this class is to design services, tools, and objects that will shape a new reality of human experience. The class will explore how long-term trends in urban migration, automation, AI, big data, climate change, food, and mixed experience will transform our day-to-day lives. Through research and experimentation, students will investigate the realities and possibilities of these conditions and consider how they will change what we eat, how we work and relax, what we wear, how we gather, and how we travel. As a living laboratory, students will use a variety of media, including digital fabrication, virtual reality, and physical storytelling, to create new design tools, scenarios, worlds, services, objects, and experiences. To accomplish this, students will research the historical, political, technological, ecological, and cultural trends of a particular topic.
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Class Number
1270
Credits
3
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Description
As the second studio in the MDDO graduate sequence, this course gives students the opportunity to develop their skills in individual project development and form-giving while practicing the use of research and design tools. The primary purpose of this studio is to help students identify their individual motivations as designers by working on a self-defined design project within a structured iterative design process.
As a complement to this inquiry, in-class presentations, readings, and discussions will familiarize students with the landscape of contemporary design practice. Readings will include theoretical, historical and critical texts. Design as a process will also be discussed.
Students can expect to complete a multi-stage semester long project. You must be a Master of Design in Designed Objects student to enroll in this course.
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Class Number
1911
Credits
6
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