LEARNING OUTCOMES
General description for Studio courses
The studio course is where you dedicate time and space for a communication design project either individually or in a group. The thematics of the projects may vary year to year, from self initiated work to collaboration with an organization, company, or community. Your task is to plan and execute a large-scale design project, where learning goals are set both individually as well as on a common trajectory with your group. Background research in both theory and praxis, as well as documentation are an important part of the process. Individual feedback sessions, milestone presentations, peer discussions and readings provide structure for your work.
The four parallel studio courses share joint lectures as well as work-in-progress clinics out of which you can choose those which provides best support to your concept and execution.. The final results of all the studio courses are presented in a joint exhibition/installation.
In addition, on successful completion of Studio: Information course, you will be able to:
- produce an information design project with a systems design approach - solve design problems with an user-centered mindset - identify methodologies and tools relevant to specific information design tasks - explain topics such as systems thinking, scenarios, and wicked problems- summarise the implementation of user study, personas, task analysis, and evaluation methods in information design
- plan, produce and and test iterative prototypes for information design systems
Credits: 12
Schedule: 19.04.2022 - 06.05.2022
Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):
Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Rupesh Vyas
Contact information for the course (applies in this implementation):
CEFR level (valid for whole curriculum period):
Language of instruction and studies (applies in this implementation):
Teaching language: English. Languages of study attainment: English
CONTENT, ASSESSMENT AND WORKLOAD
Content
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General description for VCD Studios
The studio course is where you dedicate time and space for an investigative communication design project either individually or in a group. The thematics of the course may vary yearly, and activities can range from autonomous projects to experimental collaboration with an organisation, company, or community. Your task is to plan and execute a practice-based design/research project where learning goals are set both by you individually as well as on a common trajectory with your studio group. Background research in both theory and praxis as well as documentation are an important part of the process. Individual feedback sessions, milestone presentations, peer discussions and readings provide structure and support for your work.
The four parallel studio courses share joint lectures and collaborative workshops, out of which you can choose those which provides best support to your concept and execution. The final results of all the studio courses are presented in a joint exhibition/installation.
Studio: Information
This course focuses on systems design aspects of Information Design, incorporating elements interface design and interaction design. Throughout the course, students learn to design contextually relevant and user-centric information systems. During this advanced level studio course you get an opportunity to experiment and learn from everyday multi-sensorial information inspirations, including sound as the important aspect of information design. During the course you complete a series of assignments which will support your final project. During the first week, you will develop the topic for their project or work on a set of available information design project descriptions. Projects can explore the possibility to use public data/issues, or arise from personal experiences or collaborative design with parters from internal or external organizations. This course especially supports the competence area of Information Design within Visual Communication Design. However, the course is trans-disciplinary and hence invites students from all disciplines who have strong interest and want to develop a specialisation in Information Design and data visualization.
Assessment Methods and Criteria
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The assessment is a synthesis of your design process, required milestones submitted on time, and the final outcome of the design project. Successful completion of this requires minimum 80 % attendance.
Workload
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12 ECTS = 324 h, of which
- 27 h joint lectures shared by all studios
- 90 h studio teaching
- 39 h working independently OR in joint clinics according to need
- 168 h independent work
DETAILS
Study Material
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Study materials will be provided in the beginning of the course.
Substitutes for Courses
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Prerequisites
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SDG: Sustainable Development Goals
10 Reduced Inequality
11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
12 Responsible Production and Consumption
13 Climate Action
FURTHER INFORMATION
Further Information
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Teaching Period:
2020-2021 Spring IV-V
2021-2022 Spring IV-V
Course Homepage: https://mycourses.aalto.fi/course/search.php?search=DOM-E2218
Registration for Courses: Sisu replaces Oodi on 9 August, 2021. Priority order to courses is according to the order of priority decided by the Academic committee for School of Arts, Design and Architecture: https://www.aalto.fi/en/services/registering-to-courses-and-the-order-of-priority-in-aalto-arts
Visual Communication Design major alternative studies. VCD major and exchange students are prioritised. For students from other MA programmes, see prerequisites.