LEARNING OBJECTIVES
The general purpose of the course is to train future professionals in transferable interaction design research skills, applicable to a wide range of user-centred technology and experience design contexts. To do this, the course aims to provide students with tools to critically address contemporary social challenges in the development of interactive wearable technology concepts and low-tech prototype interactions.
In response to the increasing public awareness of data privacy issues and the negative environmental impacts of the fast fashion and consumer electronics industries, students will be facilitated to explore sustainability and ethics holistically. Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- Select appropriate interaction and UX methods to conduct rigorous primary research into everyday behaviours and interactions
- Critically analyse primary research data and apply findings to design interactive wearable technology
- Apply in-depth understandings of social, environmental and economic sustainability to the development of interactive wearable technology of systems and products
- Recognise key issues related to data ethics, proposing solutions to manage and mitigate when designing digital systems and products
- Present design outcomes orally and visually in a professional manner appropriate to a wearable technology product/service pitch
SCIENTIFIC COORDINATION AND COURSE MANAGEMENT
UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS LONDON, LCF POLITECNICO DI MILANO
PROF JOSE TEUNISSEN
Dean of the School of Design and Technology, Academic Lead for LCF Knowledge Exchange and member of UAL KE Strategic comittee University of the Arts London
CONTRIBUTORS
KASPAR JANSEN
Full Professor and Chair of the Emerging Materials Group,
Technische Universiteit Delft
COLLABORATING ENTERPRISES
INTERNAL TO THE CONSORTIUM
Pauline van Dongen is a Dutch fashion designer and researcher specialized in smart textiles and wearable technologies. Her design studio, founded in 2010, develops alternatives for current fashion practices by exploring the role of technology in textiles and clothing.
VISIT PROFILEEXTERNAL TO THE CONSORTIUM
Jessica Graves from Sefleuria helps fashion & luxury companies using algorithms to grow sustainably. She addresses gaps between technological, social & environmental change efforts to accelerate internal cultural shifts through personalization & machine learning.
VISIT PROFILE
