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Project Descriptions
Research & Opportunities
Concept Exploration
First Iteration
Second Iteration

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51-403 Graduate Design Studio

M/W 1:30 - 4:20 pm
A11 Margaret Morrison

Jodi Forlizzi, Instructor [forlizzi@cs.cmu.edu]
Joonhwan Lee, TA [joonhwan@cs.cmu.edu]
Office hours by appointment

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Assignment 4: Second Iteration of Product Prototype

In A4, teams will revise and iterate on their initial product and interface prototypes, working towards a story of how the experience of this new product concept will change the current experience illustrated by the chosen user group. At the end of this phase, each team should have a clear product vision, a refined product story, and an overview of how the product would work, using models and digital prototypes. The final prototype should serve to support the final presentation.

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Educational Goals

The goals of this project are as follows:
  • to rapidly iterate on a rough product concept
  • to involve users in generating feedback that leads to subsequent ideas
  • to refine product vision, product story, product name, and product mark

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Deliverables

The deliverables for this assignment are as follows:
  • refined problem statement
  • product vision: how does your concept benefit your chosen user group?
  • product name and product logo/mark
  • final client presentation (Macromedia Director or Flash, with revised product form and screen-based prototype)
  • updates to web site

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Resources

Sensuality in product design: a structured approach. Hofmeester, G.H., Kemp, J.A.M. and Blankendaal, A.C.M. [Link]

Joking, storytelling, artsharing, expressing affection: a field trial of how children and their social network communicate with digital images in leisure time. Makela, A., Giller, V., Tscheligi, M. and Sefelin, R. [Link]

Interaction design and human factors support in the development of a personal computer for children. Oosterholt et al. [Link]

Beyond the snapshot from speculation to prototypes in audiophotography Martin, H. and Gaver, B. [Link]

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Date Scheduled Deliver
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M 3/31/03 Liz Sanders visits

 user feedback ideas
web update
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W 4/2/03 worksession
team meetings

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M 4/7/03 interim critique

 web update
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W 4/9/03 worksession

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M 4/14/03 worksession
team meetings

 web update
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W 4/16/03 A4 critique

 second iteration due

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Last modified 11/14/01. Send comments to forlizzi@cs.cmu.edu.