Future City: Unveiling the Unseen
The city and its inhabitants have a symbiotic relationship: the city informs the imaginations of its inhabitants and the inhabitants' imaginations form the city itself. In this studio, we will dive into the concept of urbanity through the design of devices that allow the city to be explored in new ways. Our projects will seek to unveil hidden worlds and experiences within the city that are typically ignored or unseen by urban dwellers who typically move based on efficiency and routine.
Students will learn mechanical design and fabrication techniques to develop personal devices or wearables that transforms users' experiential perspective. This will allow the user to explore the city from a new perspective that unveils unseen aspects of the city.
Throughout the design process, students will grapple with questions such as: What hidden issue or aspect of the city could be unveiled? What are the existing traces of this issue in the city? How could a device enhance, alter, and exaggerate these traces within the urban environment?
THE PRESENTATION POST
This post's privacy is set to Everyone. This post showcases your final design by telling the comprehensive story of how your idea was born, developed, and manifested. The arc of the story should encompass the, How of your project in a compelling narrative. It showcases your design process including your brainstorming, each of your iterations, and your final prototype. It allows the viewer to delve deeply into your process.
You are encouraged to make your narrative as compelling as possible. All of the content below should be included, but if you would like to rearrange the material in order to tell your story differently, work with your coach.
INTRODUCTION PORTION
Your presentation is a narrative, and the introduction sets up the scene for that story. Here you introduce the project, say why it is important, and summarize what you did.
TITLE WITH TAGLINE: This slides shows a crisp, clear final image and the title of your project. with a pithy blurb describing the project. The image, name, and tagline should draw a viewer in.
Examples:
EVOCATIVE IMAGE: This is a single image that shows a clear image that evokes the soul of your project. This image helps set up the why in a compelling way, sets the stage for your narrative, and will help frame the entire presentation. The caption of this slide (set with the Edit Captions button when editing your post) should discuss the context of your project. No Text on the slide.
THESIS STATEMENT: This is a TEXT ONLY slide for which briefly describes the Soul and Body of your project. You can use the project description from your Brief or write something new. This statement ties together your narrative.
Examples:
PROCESS PORTION
The Process Portion of your presentation tells the story of how you iteratively developed your project. Somewhere in that story you should include conceptual and technical precedents that guided you at each stage as well as brainstorming and process sketches and clear photo booth imagery for 3-4 stages of your process.
This portion is made up of three types of slides repeated 3-4 times. Each iteration in your process should include:
FINAL PORTION
The Final stage of your presentation is the resolution of your narrative and shows your completed work. The use diagram shows how your project works and the construction diagram shows how it is assembled. Final photos show the project both in action and at rest. The imagery captures your final built design.
USE DIAGRAM: A diagram showing some aspect of the functionality. These can include:
MECHANICAL DIAGRAM: A diagram offering insight on how the project is put together and functions technically.
ELECTRONICS or OTHER DIAGRAM: Additional diagrams showing some important aspect of your design.
IMAGERY: The last slides should have an images of the final project. These images should be taken in the photo booth, cropped, and adjusted for contrast, brightness, etc. Images should include:
THE PRESENTATION POST
This post's privacy is set to Everyone. This post showcases your final design by telling the comprehensive story of how your idea was born, developed, and manifested. The arc of the story should encompass the, How of your project in a compelling narrative. It showcases your design process including your brainstorming, each of your iterations, and your final prototype. It allows the viewer to delve deeply into your process.
You are encouraged to make your narrative as compelling as possible. All of the content below should be included, but if you would like to rearrange the material in order to tell your story differently, work with your coach.
INTRODUCTION PORTION
Your presentation is a narrative, and the introduction sets up the scene for that story. Here you introduce the project, say why it is important, and summarize what you did.
TITLE WITH TAGLINE: This slides shows a crisp, clear final image and the title of your project. with a pithy blurb describing the project. The image, name, and tagline should draw a viewer in.
Examples:
EVOCATIVE IMAGE: This is a single image that shows a clear image that evokes the soul of your project. This image helps set up the why in a compelling way, sets the stage for your narrative, and will help frame the entire presentation. The caption of this slide (set with the Edit Captions button when editing your post) should discuss the context of your project. No Text on the slide.
THESIS STATEMENT: This is a TEXT ONLY slide for which briefly describes the Soul and Body of your project. You can use the project description from your Brief or write something new. This statement ties together your narrative.
Examples:
PROCESS PORTION
The Process Portion of your presentation tells the story of how you iteratively developed your project. Somewhere in that story you should include conceptual and technical precedents that guided you at each stage as well as brainstorming and process sketches and clear photo booth imagery for 3-4 stages of your process.
This portion is made up of three types of slides repeated 3-4 times. Each iteration in your process should include:
FINAL PORTION
The Final stage of your presentation is the resolution of your narrative and shows your completed work. The use diagram shows how your project works and the construction diagram shows how it is assembled. Final photos show the project both in action and at rest. The imagery captures your final built design.
USE DIAGRAM: A diagram showing some aspect of the functionality. These can include:
MECHANICAL DIAGRAM: A diagram offering insight on how the project is put together and functions technically.
ELECTRONICS or OTHER DIAGRAM: Additional diagrams showing some important aspect of your design.
IMAGERY: The last slides should have an images of the final project. These images should be taken in the photo booth, cropped, and adjusted for contrast, brightness, etc. Images should include: