For today, I am missing Kalia as well as Anna-Luz/Clara. Let me know if you arrive, otherwise I will join Maria at 11.

Lots of things to work on now!

After the tutoring, we discussed how we will shape the final 30-minute presentation/exhibition. At the start, prof. Heidkamp and I will give a 5-minute introduction to the theme(s) of the project to set the context right. Afterwards, each project gets exactly 1 minute to present. 5+8=13 This will give the visitors enough time to go around and ask you things. 

Now for next Tuesday (14/01) we will meet altogether at 10:00 and practice the elevator pitch already, as it’s a process, and it forces you to condense your project. So again, the name ‘elevator pitch’ reflects the idea that it should be possible to deliver the summary in the time-span of an elevator ride. Each team will give a 1-minute oral pitch to the rest of the class! I will time it, and after we can give some feedback. (a tip, I would write a little script)

After I want to continue the discussion on how we are doing the final presentation. We have already said that everyone would have 2 posters (at least) and present their physical artefact onto the platform of KISD’s exhibition systems. I’ll try to get one in class on Tuesday so you can feel it.

By Tuesday (14/01), we ask you to fill out this spreadsheet (in which you will find the table below) with information about your project. So we can gather the condensed content of the different projects in one place. 

See you on Tuesdayi!

EDIT: Also! Here is the Schwarzplan of Cologne in PDF. This is a black and white plan of the greater Cologne. You can download it with the password fcf. Thanks Philipp!
There are many different ones. I am still downloading the folders to look which one is most useful but my suuperslow internet says it will take me another 2 hours. For the ones interested, have a look too and maybe share which one would be of most value to us.

2020! Yippiee

Let’s start the new year with a good productive meeting tomorrow 😉

Every group is asked to choose a slot again here on this spreadsheet (the second row, under 01/07). Above that, we are having a general meeting from 14h-15h30 where everyone should be present so we can discuss the proceedings of the next weeks collectively. 

See you tomorrow!!

Please prepare a schedule for tomorrow in order to make sure everybody of you has its 20min slot to present and discuss the current status according to last weeks requirements. As this is the last meeting in this year it will be important to be on the same page. As 228 is way bigger than 303 it would be fine for me to meet there, I leave it up to you if you want to travel again to my office 311. So we are 8 groups / topics this means 3 hours work fine for 8×20 mins.

Please prepare a schedule with time / project name so that I know who will shop up when.

If there should be any important things to clarify before tomorrow please make a posting comment.

Dear teams, we are happy to announce that we are moving from R303 to a bigger room, R228! Everyone should from now on be on the key-list for R228. This is on the second floor, taking a left when coming out of the elevator.

This means that the individual meetings tomorrow will take place in R228.. See you there. Also, I saw that not everyone has picked a slot yet, please do so if you want to continue with this project. See you tomorrow!

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!