IxD '09: Archive

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Helen Skelton's Extraordinary Adventures

The NYAA Council and British High Commission are organising a Talk cum Presentation by BBC presenter, Ms Helen Skelton on her extraordinary adventures. Date : 19 Aug (Thur) Time : 3.00 pm to 5.00 pm Venue : NYP Theatre for the Arts Ms Helen will be talking about her various adventures, and the best known is her 2010 mile kayak of the Amazon River early this year. She...

Aug 17th

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Digital Tools for Making Brilliant Mistakes →

Jul 27th

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Jul 18th

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Jul 13th

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Reminder: Important YOG adjustments to the SIDM... →

Be sure you know when the holidays are this semester, as the Youth Olympic Games kicks off right before our Studio Projects. Save the link above.

Jun 15th

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One Object in One Minute →

Whether you’re in DMS1 (Design & Society) or DMS3 (Cognition, Communication & Interaction), here’s an inspiring link to a video that shows you how easy it is to start making simple prototypes for everyday things – that’s quite a good start to get your ideas flowing! Created an object yourself in one minute? Show’em here!

Jun 7th

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May 30th

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Mar 16th

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I, Designer →

Mar 12th

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https://www.adbusters.org/campaigns/oneflag →

Feb 24th

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Watch this space.

As we gear up to receive our new intake of IxD ‘10 freshies, some changes to this blog system will be happening. Watch this space and continue to push hard for your Studio Project 2!

Feb 23rd

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The Sixth Sense – A New Way of Interacting?

Nov 19th

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The result of Wednesday’s class as they set up their experiments on the Nanyang Polytechnic campus. Based on what the Wednesday class groups did, were these more of a behavioural experiment, or a reactive one? How could you have done it differently? In what ways can you use your AVPROD skills to improve the presentation of your experiment?

Nov 13th

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The result of Monday’s class as they set up their experiments on the Nanyang Polytechnic campus. Based on what the Monday class groups did, were these more of a behavioural experiment, or a reactive one? How could you have done it differently?

Nov 13th

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What is Self-Concept? →

The short reading for DMS2 for Week 4.

Nov 7th

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And... likewise for Vimeo: →

Oct 11th

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Our IxD Youtube channel! →

Oct 11th

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Future of Open Source: Collaborative Culture →

Here’s another link to point you folks in the direction of the theme of Studio Project 1, and hopefully beyond.

Aug 17th

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The Loss of Identity – What does it take to really... →

Now that Studio Project 1 is under way, here we will be posting articles that will inspire, inform and guide you with potential seeds for idea generation. Here’s one such link, from Wired Magazine – one of the best periodicals on the digital age.

Aug 17th

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Aug 2nd

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Aug 2nd

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Crowbar Seminar 2009 →

5 captains of the Media + Creative Industry will be sharing their experiences to all design faculty, students and practitioners. These media mavericks, advertising gurus and design doyens will cover various disciplines – Advertising, Design, Film, Interactive and Photography. Frederik Haren (Interesting.Org) Sng Tong Beng (Independent) Jeff Cheong (Tribal DDB) Eugene Cheong (Ogilvy) Mark Fong...

Aug 2nd

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Jul 27th

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As Real As Your Life – starts from the 10-minute mark of this TED presentation.

Jul 24th

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Jul 21st

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Michael Highland: ‘As real as your life’ What have we become, in this age of non-kitschy, but yet virtual environments that we plunge ourselves into every day?

Jul 21st

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Jul 21st

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Jul 15th

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Jul 9th

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Home-Learning exercise: UPDATED

Please check your NYP emails for full instructions on what we will be doing for the Home-Learning exercise scheduled for Week 11. You should all be reading your emails constantly now. Do inform your friends and remind them. Group I/Cs, please also assist in contacting your group members.

Jun 28th

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Jun 14th

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Jun 8th

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Jun 4th

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Survey Time! →

Please take some time to complete the Computer Ownership and Broadband Internet Subscription Survey. All students MUST submit. Login with your Admin Number, and IC Number / FIN for your password. Thanks!

Jun 3rd

May 27th

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May 26th

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The Case for Working With Your Hands →

May 25th

Remember your timeline for DMS tomorrow+Thursday!

Don’t forget we have a lecture this Wednesday. Also remember to do collect memories of your timeline if you haven’t already, and write them in A7-sized slips of paper. Maintain the same style for all of them so we can identify you on our IxD timeline wall.

May 18th

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May 14th

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DMS: Defining a StudentTeacher Protocol

In order to enhance communication in class, and to continue to experience interaction design in its many forms, we ask you to work on this little exercise: We invite you to be as creative as possible. We also challenge you to come up with a more efficient way of communicating with us during our classes. Here are some key messages that we have defined in this week’s class. Develop...

May 13th

DMS: What do you want to say?

Clarification: You’re not supposed to consider this question as homework, but as a question that you should be carrying close to your heart every moment as a designer, communicator, and human being.

May 7th

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The cheekiest green-awareness ad yet? - Short... →

May 7th

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About the 'What is Design' homework

We would like to see everyone come up with their best way to describe what Design is, in your own way. The only requirement here is that we ask you to (but not limited to these) write, illustrate, scratch, attach, paint, glitter, smear, dabble, dibble, dribble, scribble – in any way you choose – on the piece of paper. The book we are making will be a collection of how all of you are defining...

May 4th

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DMS for this week

There will be no DMS lecture on Wednesday (6/5/09). However, we will be asking all of you to bring your pinball machines on Wednesday (May 6 2009), and wait outside M.321 at 2pm. We will be outdoors taking pictures and also giving out a new mini-exercise. If your creation is very cartizara or impossible to photograph, think of the best way for us to document your creation! Hoozah! After that,...

May 3rd

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Tim Berners-Lee – One of the founding fathers of the World-Wide Web: “…this is how innovation happens… my boss told me i could do it ‘on the side’, as sort of a ‘play’ project…”

Apr 30th

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Apr 30th

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A history of symbols →

Remember this link? Get ready for the discussion on symbols for our next class!

Apr 30th

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Optical illusions.

Apr 30th

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Apr 30th

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Facebook: IxD09@NYP →

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Apr 29th