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IDEA9201: Experience Design Laboratory
2025 unit information
This Unit of Study (UoS) aims to explore the possibilities (and reflect on the limitations and implications) that an emerging technology brings when creating digital artefacts. Through individual and group exercises, both conceptual and practical, the UoS introduces students to the basics of aesthetics, form, and expression of interaction to generate meaningful experiences. It allows students to experiment with new tools, methods, and frameworks like physical and digital prototyping, design fiction and other speculative approaches to investigate and gain insights into how people interact with emerging technologies. Ultimately, the technical skills and conceptual tools provided by this UoS will enable students to understand how to design with and for that emerging technology and, therefore, how it could impact their own professional practice.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Sydney School of Architecture, Design and Planning
| Study level | Postgraduate |
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| Academic unit | Design Lab |
| Credit points | 6 |
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At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. integrate an emerging technology in the design process (conceptualisation and prototyping) of a digital artefact.
- LO2. document and present the design process of a digital artefact following principles of user experience and research-through-design
- LO3. identify and reflectively apply principles of aesthetics, form, and expression of interaction in the design process
- LO4. conceptualise and prototype a design fiction that effectively elicits critical reflection about human—technology relations in the near future
- LO5. reflect on the impact that the usage of an emerging technology has on the design process in terms of creativity, efficiency, experience, and quality of the results
Unit availability
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Semester 1 2024
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney | |
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Semester 2 2024
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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Semester 1 2025
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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Semester 2 2025
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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