Design Across Scales, Disciplines and Problem Contexts

Calendar

The calendar below includes lectures, labs, as well as other class sessions set aside for in-class student presentations of the assignments. Several lectures are given by guest speakers, as indicated in the italics.

SES #	TOPICS
L1	Design Across Scales: Intersections between Design, Science, and Technology
Lab 1	2-Dimensional Presentational Design Tools and Animation Tools Image processing and illustration Adobe Photoshop® (filtering, blending, masking, batch processing) Adobe Illustrator® (vector drawing) File exchange Animation (after effects, video effects, timeline animation, composition flash, timeline, vector animation, interaction)
L2	Design of Futures: Past Futures, Utopian Visions, and Tomorrows of Today
Lab 2	Data Mining and Databases: CSV Database, Rapid Miner, XML, MySQL
L3	Design of Representation: Notation, Information, and Communication
Lab 3	Data Processing and Visualization Laia Mogas-Soldevilla and Jorge Duro-Royo Processing (data stream, storage, parsing, converting, visualization)
L4	Design of Data: Computation, Visualization, and Big Data Ben Fry, Principal of Fathom / Co-developer of Processing Professor Cesar Hidalgo, Macro Connections Group at MIT Media Lab
Lab 4	Working Session: Assignment 1 Laia Mogas-Soldevilla and Jorge Duro-Royo
	In-class Presentations: Assignment 1
Lab 5	2D and 3D CAD Tools: Autocad®, Rhino®, 3DSMax®, SolidWorks®
L5	Design of Fabrication: Tools, Techniques, and Technologies Skylar Tibbits, Lecturer at MIT Department of Architecture / TED 2012 Fellow
Lab 6	Fabrication Workshop: Laser-cutting, 3D Printing, File Setup and Exchange
L6	Design of Mimicry: Models, Systems, and Processes Professor Sangbae Kim, MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering
Lab 7	Working Session: Assignment 2
	In-class Presentations: Assignment 2
Lab 8	AI Tools: Programming Concepts, Optimization Methods, Example Applications
L7	Design of Intelligence: From Mind to Machine Professor Marvin Minsky, Society of Mind Group at MIT Media Lab and MIT AI Lab
L8	Design of Play: Games and Constructs Professor Kevin Slavin, Playful Systems Group at MIT Media Lab
	Film Screening
L9	Design of Alternative Futures: Utopias and Dystopias in Science Fiction
Lab 9	Interactive Environments: Unity 3D, Augmented Reality
L10	Design of Innovation: Concept to Commerce Lee Moreau, Principal of Continuum
Lab 10	Working Session: Assignment 3
L11	Design of Organizational Systems: From Cells to Cities Professor Peter Galison, Harvard Department of History of Science
Lab 11	Working Session: Assignment 3
	In-class Presentations: Assignment 3