Calendar

• Week
  Topic
  Date
• 1
  Problem Solving
  03/07

• Discussion

  • Is design problem solving?

  Activities

  • Kickoff P1 – Souvenir

  Assignment

  • P1 Step 1 - Bring in a memento
  • Read Towards Relational Design by Andrew Blauvelt
    • Prepare 3 questions/points of discussion
• 2
  Personification
  03/14

• Discussion

  • Discuss Towards Relational Design by Andrew Blauvelt
  • Share mementos
  • Talk about Mascots

  Activities

  • Form Translation exercise

  Assignment

  • P1 – Souvenir Step 2 - Come up with 3 possible souvenirs and create a ~7 minute presentation about them to share in-class
    • Try to incorporate your personal background into your project. For instance, if your family has a background in farming, what are the crops native to Jeju? Or if you have tinnitus, what are the soundscapes of Jeju? Think about how your personal background can provide you insight into a topic / place where you are an outsider.
  • Recommended reading:
    • The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction by Ursula K. Le Guin
    • On Gathering by Mindy Seu
• 3
  Tools
  03/21

• Discussion

  • Finish Mascots Talk
  • Talk about The Carrier Bag of Fiction (Tools)

  Activities

  • Share presentations and discuss P1 – Souvenir Step 2

  Assignment

  • P1 – Souvenir Step 3 - Select a direction for your project, and create 3 concepts for the formal outcome of your souvenir
    • Expand on your research, to provide background for your specific interests. Collect a mixture of text, photographs, and any other relevant media (video, sound, 3d files, data, etc.) that can inform your project. You'll share your research with the class and guest speaker Yo-E Ryou
  • Begin searching for two interview subjects with a connection to Jeju with whom to discuss your souvenirs
• 4
  Primary Research
  03/28

• Discussion

  • Visiting Artist: Yo-E Ryou shares about her practice and Unlearning Space
  • If there's time... talk about The Carrier Bag of Fiction (Tools)

  Activities

  • Share the direction of your project, and create 3 concepts for the formal outcome of your souvenir. – each student will have about 10 minutes to share and get feedback
    • Expand on your research, to provide background for your specific interests. Collect a mixture of text, photographs, and any other relevant media (video, sound, 3d files, data, etc.) that can inform your project.

  Assignment

  • P1 – Souvenir Step 4 - interview two people with a relationship to Jeju about their experience with your souvenir in mind. Summarize this feedback and make updated sketches of your souvenir based on your findings.
• 5
  Models
  04/04

• Discussion

  • Discuss Conceptual Models

  Activities

  • Share your latest progress on project – each student will have about 10 minutes to share and get feedback
  • Start making a "Conceptual Model" of your souvenir

  Assignment

  • P1 – Souvenir Step 5 – Formulate a "Conceptual Model" explaining the dynamics of your proposed souvenir – both why you like it/them, and some of the key relationships within the “object – and make a "Concept Map" describing it.
    • Format your map as a landscape oriented A3 piece of paper
  • Continue making progress on your souvenir's overall design and concept
• 6
  Concept Maps
  04/11

• Activities

  • Review the "Conceptual Model" and "Concept Map" of your souvenir, as well as any updates on your projects

  Assignment

  • P1 – Souvenir Step 6 – Create a prototype of your souvenir. Make a mockup of the piece to scale in its most effective form. This could be a paper mockup, digital prototype, diagram, etc. Try and make a one-off as close to a final proposal as possible.
  • Reminder: We won't have class next week, but Chris will be available on Zoom or on Kakaotalk to give feedback. We will review your prototypes as a group in two weeks on 4.25
• 7
  No Class!
  04/18

• Activities

  • Reminder: there is no class this week! Message Chris if you want to chat before we meet next week.

  Assignment

  • P1 – Souvenir Step 6 – Create a prototype of your souvenir. Make a mockup of the piece to scale in its most effective form. This could be a paper mockup, digital prototype, diagram, etc. Try and make a one-off as close to a final proposal as possible.
• 8
  Accessibility
  04/25

• Activities

  • Class will be hybrid based on your preference – Chris will be in the classroom to meet in-person, or you can meet on zoom, just note in the class doc if you will be on zoom.
  • Guest Lecture: Taekyeom Lee
    • Taekyeom is calling in from Wisconsin where it will be midnight – so please be on time!
  • 1:1 Meetings (sign up in the class doc)

  Assignment

  • P1 – Souvenir Step 7 –  "final" Prototype
    • If we consider design as “the art and science of making mass produced goods” as a starting point, how do we translate our personal (and perhaps impractical) goods into something replicable? This can be through physical manufacturing, digital duplication, and/or a conceptual production. Refine your prototype into something that can be made at an industrial scale. Then bring in “3” copies of your souvenir, along with your diagram, to class to discuss.
    • This will be the final crit for this project, but you will likely want to revise your work after we visit Jeju, so it may be good to think of it as a "final" protoype.
• 9
  Sharing
  05/02

• Activities

  • Review P1 – Souvenir "final" Prototype – we'll share our souvenirs and conceptual map, and discuss their evolution and final form and how we may prepare to use and reevaluate them with our trip to Jeju

  Assignment

  • Create documentation of your souvenir to share with Yo-E. This should include: A succinct description of your souvenir, photos of the final object and/or digital files.
  • Consider what the ideal conditions to share/receive, and "use" your souvenir? For instance, is it best to receive only as a gift? While wearing certain clothing? In a specific season? Is it only useful in a certain geographic/spatial configuration? Write a short description of your preferences and be prepared to share next class (visuals are optional)
• 10
  Services
  05/09

• Activities

  • Discuss ideal sharing rituals for P1 – Souvenir
  • Talk on Services
  • Kickoff P2 – Service
  • Create Familiar Service Blueprint

  Assignment

  • Finish P2 – Service Step 1 – Mini assignment from Yo-e
  • Share your preference of working on the audio guide or exhibition with Chris via Kakaotalk
• 11
  Travel
  05/17 - 05/19

• Activities

  • Class trip to Jeju (view the itinerary here)

  Assignment

  • P2 – Service Step 2 - In your groups define 2 concepts for your project (audio guide or exhibition) and create a "Service Blueprint" for each
• 12
  Reflection
  05/23

• Activities

  • Guest Lecture by Jeongmin Cho to share about her thesis work
  • Reflect on Jeju Trip
  • Discuss Audio Guide and Exhibition
  • Review Exhibition and Audio Guide ideas + group working time

  Assignment

  • P2 – Service Step 3 - select your concept and create a rough draft of all design assets for the show and audio guide
  • Refine outcomes from Yo-e's workshop
• 13
  Workshop
  05/30

• Activities

  • Tactile Symbol Workshop with Taekyeom Lee
  • Review P2 – Service concepts

  Assignment

  • Make progress on P2 – Service with your group, meeting outside of classtime
  • Remember – no class next week!
• 14
  Memorial Day
  06/06

• Activities

  • In honor of Memorial Day there is no class today
• 15
  Refinement
  06/13

• Activities

  • Discuss the current status of P2, and share feedback before the final is due next week

  Assignment

  • Finalize P2 – Service:  For the audio guide group you should have a "final" audio guide we can experience; For the exhibition group all materials should be produced and packable into a suitcase that can be checked onto a flight
• 16
  Celebrate!
  06/20

• Activities

  • Review P2 – Service Audio Guide and Exhibition Materials
    • Our goal is to have everything as production ready as possible, and ready to share at the show from July 17 - 21 (we should make opening day July 18 so we have 1 day to install)
    • Are there any volunteers who want to go to Jeju to install the show? (Jeju reunion?)

  Assignment

  • Send to chris via email by June 25:
    • Individually: share a PDF and other files for P1 similar to what you shared with Yo-e
    • In groups: Please make a short summary of the Audio Guide and Exhibition that consists of: text description, photos/screenshots/files of graphic overview