Learning Objectives

Workshop participants completing this course will:

• Gain exposure to emerging HCI disciplines of Service Design and Embodied Interaction
• Acquire practical experience in observational field research
• Learn new brainstorming and creativity techniques
• Explore technology design for public and urban environments
• Experience the design lifecycle in a rich socio-technical domain

Structure and Content

The workshop will run it over two and a half days. The tentative schedule is below.

Day 1

• Embodied Interaction (45 mins)
• Service Design Field Research (45 mins)

Break(30 mins)

• Location Aware and Urban Computing (45 mins)
• Field work hands-on guide (15 mins)

Lunch (1 hour)

• Fieldwork (2 hours)
• Synthesis of materials (1 hour)
• Open discussion (30 mins)
• Designing Embodied Interaction (30 mins)
• Service Design Generative Design Phase (30 mins)

Day 2 (afternoon only)

Break (30 mins)

• Brainstorming workshop (analysing, concept generation, scenarios, storyboards) (2 hours)
• Open discussion (45 mins)
• Technology introduction (30 mins)
• Brainstorming workshop continues (1 hour)

Day 3

Break (30 mins)

• Brainstorming workshop continues (1.5  hours)

Lunch (1 hour)

• Prototyping (2 hours)
• Open discussion (1 hour)