Gain an understanding of the interactive reality of your walk to this class (not another class).

interface design is organ design —É. Urcades as quoted by Aaron Lewis

Requirements and constraints

Projects must adhere to the following constraints:

1. You must study the walk to DES 304, not another class at another time. Although, you may use walks to other classes to enhance and / or support general findings.

Resources and further reading

1. Personas from The Encyclopedia of Human-Computer Interaction, 2nd Ed.
2. S. Neely, “SOMA LITERATE DESIGN Recentering the Interstitiality of Experience,” Carnegie Mellon University, 2019.
3. S. Hendren, What can a body do? how we meet the built world, First hardcover. New York: Riverhead Books, 2020.

Design deliverables

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Process blog

Capture the meta-cognitive meditations on what you design on a Notion blog. Use the same Notion blog / link for all design briefs.

• DOCUMENT. Document your work and thought process behind your key design decisions.
  • Include as many images of your process as possible.
• REFLECT. Each deliverable should have some kind of process commentary / reflection
  • What did you make, think about, and how did it feel?
• ATTRIBUTE.
  • Include any and all feedback (including the name(s) of those who gave it).
  • Document and cite any inspiration (images and otherwise) and sources of thinking. Don’t copy or plagiarize work (this includes the usage of generative AI).
  • Work crated / adapted / inspired by generative AI is not allowed. It’s not creative, is typically (and painfully) bland, and is woefully generic. Technically speaking, it’s the statistical norm of what has come before you (training data stolen from creatives), and its usage is not allowed. By using this tool, you actively damage your own agency as person and designer, eroding critical thought processes and capabilities.
  • Once again, work inspired by gen AI is not allowed.
  • Do not pass off professor / peer feedback as your own thinking. Credit your influences and inspirations, and cite the sources of reference images / articles where applicable.

Examples (from other projects):

Joy Deng - INT DES STUDIO

Anya's Process Blog

Kenny's Frog Pond

Soma literate walk analysis

Document the embodied reality of how your body navigates time and space in your walk to class.