[Sigia-l] CIID Summer Camp for IxDs

[Dave Malouf]

http://ciid.dk/education/summer-school/summer-school-2010/

The CIID summer school is a series of back-to-back workshops where
participants will become engaged with the topic of interaction design,
learning practical skills in the process. We hope to infuse the knowledge
and enthusiasm to encourage participants to use their new-found skills in
their current practice or studies.

Running between 12-30th July, there are 25 places available on each module
and while we would encourage people to participate in the full three
weeks, participants have the option to take one, two or all three weeks of
the programme. We are interested in receiving applications from a diverse
range of backgrounds from all over the world.

*Week One – Exploring Interaction Design* (July 12th-16th)
Faculty: Matt Cottam
The goal of this week is to introduce participants to the core concepts
involved with interaction design through brief lectures, hands on exercises,
film viewings and discussions. Computer hardware/software will not used in
the exercises — it will be an analogue experience of digital interaction
concepts. Topics include mental models, metaphors, affordances, usability,
gestures, networks, sociality, and augmentation.

*Week Two – Computational Design *(July 19th-23rd)
Faculty: Dennis Paul
The course will begin with an introduction to computational design
strategies. What is software? What are the processes? And systems?
Participants will investigate the manifold potentials of software. Looking
at software as a concept for describing processes, as a medium for
describing interactivity, and as a tool for telling stories. Processing (
http://processing.org/) will be the main tool of choice.

*Week Three – Physical Computing* (July 26th- 30th)
Faculty: Massimo Banzi
Aimed at students, artists, and designers or anyone else who wants to learn
Arduino (http://arduino.cc/), simple electronics and how to build
interactive projects – this five-day workshop will be led by one of the
Arduino team and will act as a catalyst to enable participants to turn their
ideas in to physical realities.

*Deadline for application*: Wednesday, June 2nd.
Please feel free to distribute this widely.

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Dave Malouf
http://davemalouf.com/
http://twitter.com/daveixd
http://scad.edu/industrialdesign
http://ixda.org/