After successful completion of the course, students are able to
This course deals with an evaluative implementation of an interactive and tangible system. The complexity of a design process is understood in a predefined project setting. Several research and creative methods are learned and applied, which are necessary to carry out a creative design team work during the whole term.
The course consists of a method-based group work throughout a subject for the whole semester, which will be defined in the first meeting. The lecturers will give input and additional material to each of the methods and techniques on a regular based, by stressing out the application areas and providing explanatory examples.
Students work in groups of max. 4-5 members. During the course the intermediaries and other artefacts created in the course of the design process will be presented, evaluated and accompanied by a reflection of methods applied.
The course contains the following methods and activities, to give an overview:
Due to the infection numbers in the Covid-19 pandemic, it may lead to changes in this course. This might result in this course being switched to online mode, e.g., the lectures might then be held online.
ECTS-Breakdown: 6 ECTS = 150 Hours
Group work, generation of ideas and several design artefacts, presentation of the results, documentation of the work, reflection to the methods applied.