Idc lab 2010_1-assignment

SCHOOL OF DESIGN STRATEGIES | INTEGRATED DESIGN PROGRAM | SPRING 2010

IDp Lab/Co-operative | Assignment One | Jan 27th 2010

Jan. 27th 2010

Shana Agid

Eduardo Staszowski

Anna Meroni

Assignment One



4 Assignments

1 observing / understanding

2 co-creating 3 developing

4 prototyping

ASSIGNMENT 1Precedents

ASSIGNMENT 2Observing/Understanding

ASSIGNMENT 3Co-creating ASSIGNMENT 4

Developing/Prototyping



Why precedents?

● Examples of designed projects or design processes that have a relevance for the type of design one is beginning to address.

Precedents can also be drawn from a wider range of examples of similar processes or functions.



What to look for?

This could include ● design projects and methods —service design, an architecture

studio project, a product design ● something in the everyday that functions collaboratively — a

newspaper, community garden, the kitchen in a restaurant.

The goal is to look at the nature and shape of the collaboration and what it creates, or doesn’t create.

Find a precedent for collaborative practices and/or collaborative solutions.



How to work?

"desk research," using library and internet resources



Outcomes

A slide presentation summarizing:

● The precedent (what is the collaborative process or solution?) ● How does it work?● Who is involved?● What technologies does it use or are necessary to make it work?● What are the benefits of the practice or solution?● What are the challenges?● And - make a concluding analysis of your own about the precedent

( > a critique that takes into consideration the stated goals of the collaboration, the process, the outcome(s), and your observations about any questions you have about it )



Rules of the game

1 minute presentation in class, WITHOUT TALKING

(pecha-kucha alike)

> Powerpoint or PDF slideshow at 4 seconds per slide (roughly) , auto-playing

Goal: to summarize the precedent and your analysis in a compact, clear form. You should have no more than 14 slides (2 per point above), with a mix of image and text slides to tell your story, or a recorded voice over. (> videoclip)

> "database of cases" of the course



Tips

● Be effective (go straight to the point)● Be visual (use images, graphics, pictures…)● Be concise (cut the inessential) ● Be catching (stimulate and keep the attention)

http://www.pecha-kucha.org



Let’s do it.

Business

Idc lab 2010_1-assignment