Thanks for making it through the long meeting!

Everyone knows now who is working on what, this means that the final project-teams/individuals should be clear by next week. I have set up tutoring slots for this Thursday (05/12) for those who want. This extra tutoring would be especially of value if you are unsure of your project (or team or …) as this is your last chance to tweak your topic before it needs to be crystalised next week Tuesday (10/12). Please come by, we can chat about it 🙂 Choose a slot here.

For next week on Tuesday (10/12), we will work with tutoring-slots again but then with prof. Heidkamp and me, every project-team/individual needs to book in a slot here. To enable a more profound discussion, there are 4 things we ask you to take to the meeting. 

1. Scenario – (Storyboard, sketches, pictures, …) Show us your idea. The goal is to start conceptually shaping the ideas, while simultaneously doing research. Go very concrete, think about a place, and the actors in that place. So you can zoom out – open up again after. Not every element needs to be defined, nor is the scenario fixed. Let’s iterate this over the next weeks. 
2. Data Ecosystem – As a common denominator (criteria), every project needs to situate itself in the data ecosystem. What does that mean? When mapping your project, show what kind of data could be gathered. Ideally marking a variety of points in your concept where data could be generated, without considering the meaning/value of that data too much yet.
3. Experts – Show us which experts you want to approach, when you will hear them and how they can inform your project.
4. Conversation Artefact – Bring something tangible!! A mock-up, a model, … of the product(s), service, … you are wanting to design. Of course this can (and should be) low-fidelity, but this is an exercise to materialise our conversations and to start thinking through making!! This should be a fun, designerly part, so just do stuff and try things out. There’s no right or wrong as long as you bring something.

Finally, we talked about criteria, which now hang up in the room, they are there to be challenged and expanded upon but take them into account when defining your concepts!

Yihaaaa! Let’s get through this wordy/fuzzy phase and go into a more tangible fuzzy phase! 😉 Prof. Heidkamp, you have anything to add? See you soon!

We have started the workshop now and have no access yet to your research. Please post your cases and research on spaces as soon as possible and upload the files of your flashcards onto the drive. Thanks! This way it’s there for everyone.

Also, how is it looking for tomorrow? Surely it would be interesting for you to check in with what we are doing over here, therefore I’d like to ask who will attend the Zoom-meeting tomorrow. And who’s computer could you use? Just respond to this post if you’ll be there and who’d be up to download zoom to enable the meeting. Download zoom here: https://zoom.us/

To organise that, we will check in at 09:45 Cologne time, to test if everything is working. From 10 onwards, you can hear the current state of the research of the different groups. 

I have already scheduled a Zoom meeting which you can access under this link:

https://zoom.us/j/204961328?pwd=TFpKN1Fhb3lmM2J2SzU4bVpEMUNWQT09

Meeting ID: 204 961 328
Password: 042178

If there are any complications, you can reach me via WhatsApp on the number +447480694205

Hi everyone, we have arrived safe and sound here in Taiwan. After a good night of rest, we are now out exploring and investigating interesting different sites.

Besides that you can continue working on your topics, I would like to ask everyone to upload the files of their flashcards, both the InDesign as well as the pdf in this drive folder. 
And also, in a similar way, could everyone upload their research onto spaces? Instead of the cards itself, make a post where you use the same contents as you developed for the cards. Use the title as the post-title, use your description to share the content of the post and add in some images and links! Don’t forget to use some tags when posting so we can easily retrieve your research.

DEADLINE: SUNDAY MORNING (17/11) for both uploading the cards into the drive, as well as making your research posts. I will then format them together and print them out as materials to be shared during the workshop. Thanks! 

Now it is up to you to connect with a member in Taipei and share with them specific questions you are having to progress with your personal projects. Besides receiving updates through spaces, there are already two specific moments we will connect to you “Live” via Zoom. More info later about how we will exactly do that. For now, just schedule these two dates in:

TUESDAY (19/11): 10 AM – 30 MIN Zoom Meeting The groups will update the Cologne side on their progression.

FRIDAY (22/11): 08:30 AM – 60 MIN Zoom Meeting This will be the final presentation of all of the groups. 

Have a good Friday and get back to you soon.

In the last post, I mentioned that tomorrow’s meeting will be in the afternoon. To correct that, 14:00 is the time when prof. Heidkamp is joining us. Nonetheless, we are meeting anyway at 10:00 to already discuss how we will organise ourselves for the workshop and connect the questions that will be researched by the front in Cologne and the front in Taiwan. This way, we can get the most out of the full Taiwan-excursion. Enjoy Carnaval, I’m sure you’ll be there tomorrow bright and shiny! 

The meeting time for Tuesday (12/11) has shifted from 09:00 in the morning to 14:00 – 17:00 in the afternoon. This is an important meeting as it will define the direction of the workshop in Taipei, as well as further research to be conducted there. Have a good weekend and see you in room 303!