Experience-driven Design 2016
Final presentations
When? Thursday 7.4.2016 13-17
Where? Aalto Media Factory Auditorium, Hämeentie 135A, Helsinki (Directions)
What? Six student teams have been working on company assignments, producing a software user interface prototype and then a radical concept with no technical limitations. The students will present the results of the 7-week exercise where user experience was taken as the starting point for design.
Agenda:
13:00 Opening: Virpi Roto
13:10 Team ABB1: Maria Huusko & Emeric Martin
13:40 Team ABB2: Davide Comuzzi & Mikko Heiskanen
14:10 Team Comptel: Yun Chienh Chiang, Laura Salmi, Rikhard Hormia
14:40 Coffee
15:00 Team F-Secure: Jonna Rantanen, Joseph Savage, Juha Snellman
15:30 Team Fastems: Roope Kolu & Satsuki Tanaka
16:00 Team Rolls-Royce: Juho Kruskopf, Charlotte Bourcier, Essi Horppila, Kamila Jania
16:30 Closing
Course Description
The aim of the course is to give students in-depth competences with Experience-driven Design (XD) paradigm and interaction design in a product development process. Students will practice the early phases of a product development process: from background studies to concept design and to prototyping.
The main task for students is to design an experiential concept and prototype based on the given design assignment. The students learn to specify design goals for user/customer/brand experience; to plan a design project addressing human experiences; processes and methods to design rewarding experiences; presenting and justifying design concepts from the angle of human experience; and evaluating experiences.
The
course gives the students competences and experience in collaboration
with industrial and other external partners. Due to the orientation to
addressing real world briefs with Experience-driven Design, the exact
content of the course changes year by year. Year 2016 the focus is on
user interface and interaction design, as requested in the company
assignments. In addition, a radical concept will be developed to
envision the best possible experience.
The students learn about theoretical and conceptual approaches to describe the experiential aspects of human-technology interaction. They learn to critically follow discussion about user experience and experience design.
The in-depth competence of Experience-driven Design approach can be gained only by taking the 10cr version of the course that includes the XD project done for a partner company. A 5 credit alternative is offered to a limited number of minor students, including the introduction to Experience-driven Design through lectures and literature without taking part in the design oriented project teamwork of the module. The lectures and literature are integrated in the Experience-driven Design module. The students will need to, in addition to actively attending the lectures, homework discussions, and presentations, write an article/essay based on the related literature as agreed with the lecturer. If you want to choose the 5cr version, please inform us by email, virpi.roto@aalto.fi.
Course schedule
| Week 1 - Context Studies | Time | Room | Teacher | Activity |
| Monday 22.2 | 10-12 13-15 | 885 885 | Virpi Roto Virpi Roto | Introduction to the course Lecture: UX, CX, BX |
| Tuesday 23.2 | 9-12 | 541 | Companies | Assignments, Team formation |
| Wednesday 24.2 | Target context study | |||
| Thursday 25.2 | 9..16 (30min/team) | 883 | Team Tutors | Team tutoring |
| Friday 26.2 | Target context study |
| Week 2 - XGoal Setting | Time | Room | Teacher | Activity |
| Monday 29.2 | 10-12 13-15 | 885 885 | Yichen Lu, Haian Xue | Reading groups Lecture: Experience design |
| Tuesday 1.3 | Experience goal setting | |||
| Wednesday 2.3 | Experience goal setting | |||
| Thursday 3.3 | 9..16 (30min/team) | 883 | Team Tutors | Team tutoring: XGoals |
| Friday 4.3 | Experience goal setting |
| Week 3 - Project Planning | Time | Room | Teacher | Activity |
| Monday 7.3 | 10-12 13-16 | 885 | Severi Uusitalo Fjord visit | Reading groups Product development process |
| Tuesday 8.3 | Project planning | |||
| Wednesday 9.3 | Design | |||
| Thursday 10.3 | 9..16 (30min/team) | 883 | Team Tutors | Team tutoring: Project plan |
| Friday 11.3 | Design |
| Week 4 - Design | Time | Room | Teacher | Activity |
| Monday 14.3 | 10-12 13-15 | 885 | Teams Severi Uusitalo | Reading groups Interaction design |
| Tuesday 15.3 | Design | |||
| Wednesday 16.3 | Design | |||
| Thursday 17.3 | - 12:30-16 | 883 857 | Team tutor Teams | Team tutoring if needed Mid-term presentations |
| Friday 18.3 | Design |
| Week 5 - Design | Time | Room | Teacher | Activity |
| Monday 21.3 | 10-12 13-15 | 885 | Teams Virpi Roto | Reading groups Evaluating experiences |
| Tuesday 22.3 | Planning evaluation | |||
| Wednesday 23.3 | Design | |||
| Thursday 24.3 | 9..11 (30min/team) | 883 | Team tutor | Tutoring: Evaluation plan |
| Friday 25.3 | EASTER |
| Week 6 - Evaluation | Time | Room | Teacher | Activity |
| Monday 28.3 | EASTER | |||
| Tuesday 29.3 | Design/Evaluation | |||
| Wednesday 30.3 | Design/Evaluation | |||
| Thursday 31.3 | 9..16 (30min/team) | 883 | Team Tutors | Team tutoring |
| Friday 1.4 | Experience evaluation |
| Week 7 - Reporting | Time | Room | Teacher | Activity |
| Monday 4.4 | Analysis of evaluation | |||
| Tuesday 5.4 | Final Design | |||
| Wednesday 6.4 | Finalizing | |||
| Thursday 7.4 | 13-17 18:00 | Media Factory Auditorium Kitzens | Final Presentations Dinner celebration | |
| Friday 8.4 | Final report submission |