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DB218 – DB218 Design for Social Interaction in Public Spaces (May 2015, Taicang) – Check List
Before you leave for China, please check this list .
Things to bring with you:
- Passport + flight ticket
- Laptop. bring your power, wired network and display adapters. You do NOT need a power plug adapter — Chinese sockets can usually host EU and US plugs.
- Arduinos + sensors + actuators (as many as possible) in your check-in baggage. Do NOT put them in your cabin luggage.
- Cardboard modeling tools in your check-in baggage. Do NOT put them in your cabin luggage. Check http://desis.id.tue.nl/tools/cardboard-modeling/ for what these tools are.
The rock sausage (IPoC Taicang 2014 Nov, group 6)
Suzanne Rutgers, Jian Wang, Yunke Shi, Nan Xu
Story
In the Chinese culture it is very common that parents are really worried about their children and are willing to help them in every possible way, even with relationships. They believe that children are able to live a complete and happy life when they will marry and have babies. This is why parents and messengers gather at the park in order to find the perfect match for the youngsters.
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DPI52: Design for Social interaction in Neighbourhoods
Project proposed by Caroline Hummels, Jun Hu, Vera Winthagen, Philémonne Jaasma
We provide 4 specific contexts within the broad scope of this project. You will choose one of the following contexts, each with their own challenges, to work on during the semester.
The project takes a hands-on, embodied approach, using reflection as a mechanism to gain knowledge. Consequently, you will build from lo-fi to high-fi prototypes as of the first week, go into context to try them out, analyse and reflect on the process and outcome (documented in one-minute videos), and move to the new iteration. The process will be guided by reoccurring cross-coach feedback moments in which we discuss all the videos, so that we can share insights from different perspectives of the project directions amongst the project teams.
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Participatory Public Media Arts for Social Creativity
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IPoC Workshop (Nov 2014): Interactive Patina of Culture
A Patina is often understood as a trace of repeated use. The stem of a hammer acquires sheen, a polish of repeated use by a carpenter. This polish tells a story about how it was used. Connecting Patina with Culture changes the meaning. We posit that culture “rubs off” onto the artifacts in use. That is to say the artifacts in a culture are shaped by the values of that culture; they are part of the patina of culture. This is best elucidated by an example: during the previous workshop we felt intrigued by a particular rolling pin in the kitchen section of a local supermarket. A few days later one of the Chinese hosts asked us which variant of rolling pin we were so interested in, and explained that different varieties of rolling pins exist that have different thicknesses and lengths and these properties are instrumental in the type of dough that is created when using them. To us this told stories about how the way that food is enjoyed has influence on how it is made. The values of a culture are expressed in the artifacts that it produces.
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IPoC (Taicang, 2014 November) – Planning
This is only the skeleton of a detailed plan. Details will be revealed day by day.
9th Nov. Sunday
- Everybody must arrive in Taicang, before 5PM.
- 19:00pm welcome dinner with everybody
We have a logo!
IPoC Workshop (April 2014): Check list
Before you leave for China, please check this list often (it might be updated every now and then).
Things to bring with you:
- Share the load of the equipment (projectors, kinects, philips hues, coffee etc). You will be contacted by Mathias. If not, please contact Mathias.
- Cardboard modeling tools in your check-in baggage.
- Arduinos + sensors + actuators (as many as possible) in your check-in baggage.
- Laptop. bring your power, wired network and display adapters. You do NOT need a power plug adapter — Chinese sockets can usually host EU and US plugs.
- Passport + flight ticket
- Foreigners in the Netherlands: your residence permit.
- By now you should have Jun Hu’s Chinese mobile number. if not, email him.
- Print out this address — this is where you should arrive, just in case you are lost:
IPoC Workshop (April 2014): Interactive Patina of Culture – Designing Social Interaction in Public Spaces
This workshop will take place during the SDL weeks, from April 7 to April 18 2014, in Taicang, China. We will be working together which teachers and students from Chinese universities (Jiangnan University, Nanjing University of Arts, Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts etc), creating or designing public installations for social interaction, inspired by elements and techniques from performance arts in the theme of “Interactive Patina of Culture”.