This class focuses on the nature and design of interaction itself as a foundational medium of human existence and livability.
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FA’25 we really need to read the shallows.
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On its own, when you see one person slip, you automatically assume that person slipped, was clumsy or not playing attention. But when you look at the aggregate, you realize that the failure isn't on the individual at all, rather the structures that cause certain people to fail with almost no fault of their own. And yet, without this data, they will very quickly ascribe the mistake to themselves.
It difficult to explain to someone that the reason they live their life the way they do because of the structures built to help them live that way. But imagine, instead of a stupid mislaid step, the faulty structure is a punitive late policy on a credit card, or a bank that has a minimum balance fee and very quickly the maintenance of the status-quo is laid bare. —Commentary on the above video by Metafilter user JimmyJames
https://player.vimeo.com/video/44807536
Excerpt from Koyaanisqatsi (1982)
Excerpt from Koyaanisqatsi (1982)
By experimenting with the idea of design being in common with cooking — as an everyday practice — we can see how the habitual practice of cooking reveals certain aspects of the design process previously unexplored, such as the role of sensing and contingency in design, or how an individual develops a non-linear process of ideation beyond industry-driven models of “design thinking.” This kind of practice allows the designer, who is also the user, to build on their material knowledge and relationship to the world in a distinct way.
—Claudia Marina (2020): Making and Unmaking the Ephemeral Object: Design, Consumption, and the Importance of Everyday Life in Understanding Design beyond the Studio
The projects target your everyday practice of walking to this class to reveal the profound entanglements of interaction and technology in the fabric of our lives.
FA ‘24 (Interaction) Design Studio I schedule
FA ‘24 (Interaction) Design Studio I schedule (1)