Class 1 – Orientation
September 13, 2017
- Welcome and introduction to Tangible Interfaces course (by Hiroshi Ishii)
- Presentation Slides: 2016-09-09_ArsElectronica_RadicalAtoms.pdf
- Lecture: Vision-Driven Research: Seamless Media Design (by Hiroshi Ishii)
- Vision Videos:
- Apple Knowledge Navigator Classic Vision of the Future 1984
- Seamless Media Design Hiroshi Ishii’s Vision of Seamless Collaboration Media: ClearBoard in 1994
- World Builder 2013
- TRANSFORM TMG’s Radical Atoms Vision 2014
Readings for next class :
- “The Computer for the 21st Century” by Mark Weiser
- “Tangible Bits: Towards Seamless Interfaces Between People, Bits and Atoms” CHI ’97 by Hiroshi Ishii and Brygg Ullmer
- “Tangible Bits: Beyond Pixels” TEI ’08 by Hiroshi Ishii
- Shape-Changing Interfaces: A Review of the Design Space and Open Research Questions – CHI2012
Assignment:
- If you want to enroll in this class, fill-in this signup sheet by September 14th (Thursday) 5:00pm.
- Accepted students will be notified on Sept. 15, Friday.
- We will form groups for you by next class
Lecture Slides (Hiroshi Ishii)
Class 2 – Interaction design workshop
September 20, 2017
- Design Workshop by Alexis Andre (SONY CSL) with TOIO
Readings for next class :
- The Mother of All Demos by Doug Engelbart
- As We May Think by Vannevar Bush
- The Theory of Affordances by James J. Gibson
- Designing For People by Don Norman
Class 3 – Interpersonal Communication Devices
September 27, 2017
- Lecture on Interpersonal Communication and Collaboration by Hiroshi Ishii
- Interaction Design Workshop by TMG Alumni Penny Webb
- Guest Lecture by Ken Perlin
Readings for next class :
- “Iterative Design of Seamless Collaboration Media” by Hiroshi Ishii, Minoru Kobayashi, and Kazuho Arita. 1994. Iterative design of seamless collaboration media. Commun. ACM 37, 8 (August 1994), 83-97
- “Tangible Interfaces for Remote Collaboration and Communication” by Scott Brave, Hiroshi Ishii, and Andrew Dahley. 1998 (CSCW 98)
- A Brief Rant On The Future Of Interaction Design by Bret Victor
- We also encourage everyone to watch this talk by Brett Victor: The Humane Representation of Thought
Class 4 – Tangible Bits & Technical Workshop
October 04, 2017
- Technical Workshop around Photons by TA Dan Levine, Amos Golan and TMG Alumni Richard Whitney
- https://www.particle.io/products/hardware/photon-wifi-dev-kit
- Discussion about the readings for this week
Readings for next class :
- Hiroshi Ishii, Dávid Lakatos, Leonardo Bonanni, and Jean-Baptiste Labrune. 2012. Radical Atoms: Beyond Tangible Bits, Toward Transformable Materials. interactions 19, 1 (January 2012), 38-51. DOI=10.1145/2065327.2065337 http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/2065327.2065337 | RadicalAtoms
- The Ultimate Display by Ivan E. Sutherland | Sutherland-The-Ultimate-Display
- The Mother of All Demos by Doug Engelbart
- As We May Think by Vannevar Bush
Class 5 – Tangible Bits & Radical Atoms
October 11, 2017
- 1:00-2:00pm Prof.Daniel Leithinger‘s guest lecture2:00-2:30pm Discussions on the Readings (Hiroshi Ishii)2:30-3:30pm See what group have done with Photons. Talk about the affordances of their systems.3:30-4:00pm Introduce Project 1 with focus on interpersonal communication devices.
- Revise Tech Workshop Material
- Technical Workshop 2 on Sensors and Actuators
- Discussion about the readings for this week and the visions of Mark Wieser, Doug Engelbart, Vannevar Bush, and Ivan Sutherland
Readings for next class :
- “Tools for Thought” by
Howard Rheingold, MIT Press
The History and Future of Mind-Expanding Technology
http://www.rheingold.com/texts/tft/ - Victor Su. The Design and Implementation of inTouch: A Distributed, Haptic Communication System. Thesis (M. Eng. and S.B.)—Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1999.
- Bill Buxton, Less is More. | Less Is More
-
Durrell Bishop Marble Answer Machine
https://vimeo.com/19930744
Recommended Reading:
Malcolm McCullough
“Abstracting Craft: The Practiced Digital Hand ” 1996
October 18, 2017 – No Class due to Media Lab Member Meeting
Class 6 – Inter-material Interaction
October 25, 2017
- Guest Lecture: Marcelo Coelho
- Guest Lecture by Ken Nakagaki, TMG Ph.D. candidate
- Project Ideas Discussion and Q&A time
Readings for next class :
Class 7 – Project 1 Presentation and Demo
November 01, 2017
- 10 minutes per presentation
- 5 minutes for feedback
- 20 minutes for demo and informal feedback
Readings for next class :
Class 8 – Future Materiality
November 08, 2017
- Guest Lecture: TMG PhD’ Candidate Jifei Ou on Programmable Materials
- Hiroshi Ishii’s lecture on Radical Atoms
- Discussion on the readings
- Introduction to Project 2
Please look at examples such as:
Readings for next class :
Class 9 – Affordances – Prof. Don Norman
November 15, 2017
- Guest Lecture: TMG Alumni Xiao Xiao
- Guest Lecture: Professor Don Norman
Readings for next class :
- Affordance, Conventions and Design (Part 2) by Don Norman
-
The Glossary of Human Computer Interaction 5. Affordances BY MADS SOEGAARD
Class 10 –
November 22, 2017
- Guest Lecture: Skylar Tibbits
- Final Project Discussion (conceptual aspects)
Class 11 –Sci-Fi Inspired Interfaces
November 29, 2017
- Guest Lecture: Dan Novy on Sci-Fi Inspired Interfaces
- Final Project Discussion and Preparation (technical aspects)
Class 12 – Final Presentations
December 06, 2017
- Project 2 Presentation and feedback
- Report due Dec 14th 2017 in SIGCHI Extended Abstract Format: http://www.sigchi.org/publications/chipubform/sigchi-paper-format-2016/view