August 30
Class introduction, general design/tech lecture, The Five Obstructions, first obstruction assigned
READ: The Medium is the Massage, Publics/Counterpublics, The Five Obstructions Review
September 6
TOPIC: The Medium is the Massage, publishing, publics, the public sphere
September 12
*FIRST OBSTRUCTION CRITIQUE*
READ: The Information (Prologue), Serial Series (part 1), Dispersion, Information Literacy is a design problem
September 20
*FIRST OBSTRUCTION DUE*
Begin second obstruction
TOPIC: distribution, information theory, audience
Post Digital Print (Introduction), The Digital-Physical, Design in the Borderlands, Performing Publishing
September 27
TOPIC: post-print, digital↔print, digital translation
October 4
*SECOND OBSTRUCTION CRITIQUE*
READ: The Interface Experience, The Elements of User Experience
October 11
*SECOND OBSTRUCTION DUE*
Begin third obstruction
TOPIC: interfaces, user experience
READ: There's No Such Thing as a Free Watch, You Are The Product
October 18
TOPIC: social media, networks
October 25
*THIRD OBSTRUCTION CRITIQUE*
November 1
*THIRD OBSTRUCTION DUE*
Begin fourth obstruction
TOPIC: open source, public domain, defaults, neutrality
READ: Bots, They Have, Right Now, Another You, IDEO's Plan for an AI Revolution
November 8
TOPIC: artificial intelligence, machine learning, bots, speculative design
November 15
*FOURTH OBSTRUCTION CRITIQUE*
Begin fifth obstruction
November 22
*NO CLASS - THANKSGIVING BREAK*
Turn in Fourth Obstruction via Google Drive.
November 29
*FIFTH OBSTRUCTION CRITIQUE*
December 6
*FIFTH OBSTRUCTION DUE*
Last class: final thoughts, evalutations, reflections
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