In Coding IxD, we co-educate computer scientists and product designers. Beyond experiencing interdisciplinary work, we want students to envision interactive and responsible systems: by this, we mean a responsibility through code that is carefully using material, form, and context while profoundly respecting both human capabilities and vulnerabilities. We understand this course as an experimental space, where different perspectives meet, exchange, and evolve. Each semester, based on small project teams of up to four members, students are challenged to examine a specific application context. Within this context, the teams envision new application or product concepts.
We guide this process through various carefully tuned methods that are used to spark their ideas. Students iterate through several rounds of ideation and refine their concepts in different prototype versions. The most compelling or promising interaction concept, the one that allows grasping the quality and essence of the product concept is implemented in a working prototype. Students are accompanied by a team of experienced designers and computer scientists but also by guest experts that provide feedback to the various design iterations. If needed, special workshops are organized to cover specific topics ranging from prototyping to project management. The whole course is evaluated continuously to enhance our methodological toolbox.
Initiators
Prof. Dr. Claudia Müller-Birn
Human-Centered Computing (HCC) Research Group
Freie Universität Berlin ↗︎
Königin-Luise-Straße 24-26
14195 Berlin
Prof. Carola Zwick
Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weißensee ↗︎
Bühringstraße 20
13086 Berlin
This seminar is organized in cooperation of the
Cluster of Excellence “Matters of Activity. Image Space Material” ↗︎
Sophienstraße 22A
10178 Berlin
Outreach
2024
Expanding:THE BODY is showcased at the Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften.
2024
Expanding:THE BODY is showcased at the Weizenbaum Institute. ↗︎
2023
Let’s Get:PHYSICAL is showcased at the CityLAB Berlin. ↗︎
2023
Let’s Get:PHYSICAL is featured on the art in berlin website. ↗︎
2022
Digital:Sovereignty is showcased at the Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften at the Freie Universität Berlin.
2022
Coding IxD paper accepted at EduCHI. ↗︎
2022
Digital:Sovereignty is showcased at the Weizenbaum Institute. ↗︎
2022
Digital:Sovereignty is featured on the art in berlin website. ↗︎
2022
Prof. Judith Glaser is featued in Tagesspiegel Background on the topic of digitalization & AI. ↗︎
2021
Aktiv Labor is shortlisted for the Global Grad Show. ↗︎
2020
Aktiv Labor is nominated for the UX Design Award. ↗︎
2020
Firefly is featured on Spiegel Online. ↗︎
2020
Firefly is featured on the #besserweiter website. ↗︎
2020
Firefly is featured in the Frame magazine. ↗︎
2020
Entity:City is showcased at the CityLAB Berlin. ↗︎
2018
Aux Synesthesia is featured on Core77. ↗︎
2018
Aux Synesthesia is featured in the campus.leben magazine of Freie Universität Berlin. ↗︎
2016
Flux is featured on the Fast Company website. ↗︎
2016
Flux is featued on Core77. ↗︎
2016
Mirror is showcased at the Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften at the Freie Universität Berlin.
2015
Floradex is nominated in the “Creative Mobile” category of the Deutscher Multimedia Preis. ↗︎
2015