IDC Design Workshop-February 2022

Design Workshop at IDC-2022. 

Course No: DE 614 - Design Workshop. 

Feb 7th to 11th, 2022 (Monday to Friday)

Kind Attn: Mdes Second Semester students of IDC, 2022 February.

Course No: DE 614 - Design Workshop. Feb 7th to 11th, 2022 (Monday to Friday)

Workshop coordinator: G.V. Sreekumar

<gvsree@iitb.ac.in>, phone: 9820065118

There will be five tracks in this year's Design Workshop. Students can choose any track. This is for Mdes second semester students.

FAQ given at the end of the post

How to register:

Send an email with your roll number, phone number, email address and three preferences in numerical order, to <gvsree@iitb.ac.in> through email. Since some workshop facilitators have asked us to keep the participants to a limited number, we will have to allot tracks if there are more applicants for a specific track. This will be done on First Come First Serve rule, based on date and time of email received. 

Deadline for registration: Saturday, 5th February,2022,  9.00am 

 

 
Track 1: Sherline Pimenta

<sherline@gmail.com>

The Fine Art of Telling Stories

Remember the many stories you heard as a child? The stories that spiralled you into the realm of enchanted forests and castle with towers or sleepy villages. These stories transported you into strange lands and gave you a glimpse of the happenings there. Spoken stories are fundamental to help people envision and imagine, it is by far the most useful skill you can possess, no matter what field of work you’re involved in. At this five day workshop, we take a deep dive into the fine art of spoken storytelling.

Workshop plan:

The aim of this workshop is to equip & empower individuals in the skill of vocal storytelling.

What you will learn

• Techniques of storytelling

• Crafting a story to tell

• Methodology

• Participatory Learning

• Individual Involvement & Group Learning

• Experiential, Activity-based Learning

• Interactive Learning

• Skill based Learning

• Discussions

By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

1. Identify stories with storytelling potential and craft a story for telling.

2. Select from a variety of methods when adapting stories for audience participation.

3. Select from a variety of strategies for making the story come alive.

4. Have the confidence to speak in public and tell a story.

Materials required: Paper, pen, pencils.


About the faculty
Dr. Sherline Pimenta K. is the Master Storyteller at Kathanika, her passion is to explore how people make sense of the world around them. Her interests include narrative studies, experience design, communication design and visual language. Sherline received her Ph.D. in 2011 from IIT Bombay. Her doctoral thesis entitled ‘Moment and Moments: Discourse in Static Visual Narratives’ explores how stories (written or oral) are communicated through static images using the structuralist perspective. About Kathanika:

Kathanika was founded 2011 by Dr. Sherline Pimenta K and Krishna Kumar R who passionately believe in the magic of stories, storytelling and design. Kathanika was conceived as a melting pot where stories and design come together to create an experience. Deeply rooted in the philosophy of the narrative tradition, Kathanika offers services such as Design Consultancy, Training Programs, Workshops, Talks and Storytelling sessions for people of all ages. Kathanika is also involved in research of stories and storytelling as a means of communication.

Dr. Sherline Pimenta K.
Founder, Master Storyteller & Experience Curator
YouTube:    https://www.youtube.com/c/Kathanika
Facebook:    https://www.facebook.com/Kathanika
Instagram:    https://www.instagram.com/thekathanika/
LinkedIn:    https://www.linkedin.com/company/kathanika
Kathanika -  A place where storytelling and communication design come together.
https://kathanika.com/

Facebook:    https://www.facebook.com/sherline.pimenta
Instagram:    https://www.instagram.com/sherlinepimenta/
Twitter:        https://twitter.com/sherlinepimenta
LinkedIn:    https://www.linkedin.com/in/sherlinepimenta/


Track 2: POC Workshop
Prof Kumaresan and Prof B.K. Chakravarthy
<kums@iitb.ac.in>, <dekumus@gmail.com>, <chakku@iitb.ac.in>

 

Title of the workshop:

 

Jugaad by Design: A deconstructive approach for Design Innovation and PoC prototyping.

 

Workshop brief:

 

This workshop is specifically designed to give a complete experience of innovation, product design and rapid prototyping. Participants will be working in groups, online.

 

Participants will design and develop a novel device from the parts of an everyday device. The process of designing a hardware product collaboratively in online mode is a challenging task. The regular design process of product design has to be tweaked to suit the pandemic constraints.

The adventure is in

1.    developing a strategy to collaborate amongst the team members.

2.    Proof of concept prototype building using everyday objects that you have at home.

3.    Using Computer Aided Design tools for transforming a hack into a potentially commercial product.

4.    Effective use of Rapid Prototyping devices (CNC Laser cutting, 3D printing etc).

5.    Accomplishing tasks 1, 2, 3 and 4 in 5 days!

 

Who is it for:

Anyone who is interested in following might find this workshop useful.

 

·      designing a physical product,

·      learning 3D CADD software,

·      exploring RPT (Rapid Prototyping),

·      understanding the evolution of Product Form

 

 

What will I learn?

Creative perception, Creative hacking, Task analysis, Progress over Perfection, Quick fixing (Jugaad) and 3D CAD tools, cost-effective innovation.

Above all, nuances in giving a Form to a technology i.e. Product Form!

 

How?

Participants will work in groups. Brainstorming and discussions will happen online.

3D printing and other CNC prototyping will be done remotely in IDC using PoC Lab, Shenoy Innovation Studio facilities.

Reference links:

Simple Hardware Hacking:

1.    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XE0GQTiyhl0

2.    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrJ-RyWV1Wo

3.    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y83jmDICLlI

3D printing basics:

1.    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LBTkLsjHGQ

3D CADD basics:

1.    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5bc9c3S12g

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejFr41s28ZU

 Materials needed:

One wired mouse

 Track 3:  

Boat Design: Unnimohan Mohanan

unnimohan87@gmail.com  

1. Title of the workshop: Workshop on Boat design.


2. About the faculty. 
Unni Mohan is an alumnus of IDC School of Design, IIT Bombay is an electrical engineer turned transportation designer specializing in design and development of cruise boats and solar boats for public transport and tourism.Transportation masters from IIT Bombay (Mobility and vehicle design 2012-2014).Currently working as design faculty with Kerala State Institute of Design.Designed Cruise boat Alaknanda for Varanasi based start-up Nordic Cruises.The vessel is considered as a poster boy for Varanasi tourism.
3. Workshop plan.

The workshop aims to introduce boat design and development from an industrial design perspective.

Students will be shared with actual design experience involved in the development of

1.Alaknanda – Cruise boat in Varanasi.
2.Shikara boat for Kerala backwaters – internship project
3.Solar boat for fishing tourism – internship project.
4.Design and detailing of Solar boat for CIAL.

Students shall be given a mini project -

Design next generation solar ferry for Kerala backwaters


4. Any website or other relevant links about workshop faculty

5. Useful links:

 
 
Track 4: 
"Honestly, Hit the Ground Running - An Ethical Guide to Rapid Ethnography and Qualitative Data Analysis" : Dr. Sarita Seshagiri
<saritasworld@gmail.com>
 
About the faculty:
Dr. Sarita Seshagiri holds a doctorate in Political Science from the National University of Singapore, a Master's in Political Science from Jawaharlal Nehru University and a Bachelors in History from Lady Sriram College, New Delhi. After her doctorate, she joined some of the leading multinationals in mobile technology as a user experience researcher in their research divisions. She has been a visiting faculty at the International Institute of Information Technology, Bengaluru. She has held several workshops on research methods and qualitative field immersion in institutes such as National Institute of Design in Ahmedabad, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Maharashtra Institute of Technology in Pune, International Institute of Information Technology to name a few. Dr. Seshagiri has presented papers in leading conferences on human computer interaction, user behaviour and social technology.

Workshop Plan:-

Day 1
  • User Research and its relevance in the corporate world
  • Common misconceptions about user research
  •  Common errors / challenges in user research (with online videos)
  • Case study recently undertaken (by me) and its discussions
  • Dividing workshop participants into teams of field researchers and participants and undertaking a mock field immersion session.
  • Reflexive session from each team on the mock immersion (what went wrong and what was right) ; lessons learnt
Day 2
  • Carry over of reflexive session and mock interviews (if any team is left out)
  • Sharing interview transcripts from a previous concluded study by me (findings and paper in the public domain and hence shareworthy) with each team
  • Enabling initial coding of interview data for the purpose of Affinity Analysis following the Grounded Theory (no coding software will be allowed – has to be done manually for the purpose of understanding the process).
Day 3
  • Undertaking coding ie 1st level themes from transcripts shared with each team (digitally). 
  • Completion of 1st level
  • Commence 2nd level coding
Day 4
  • Complete 2nd level coding
  • Commence 3rd level coding and final analysis
Day 5
  • Sharing of analysis by each team
  • Critical take-aways from the analysis by each team for digital solutions or recommendations

4. More details about the faculty and published works. https://in.linkedin.com/in/sarita

5.  Here are some references, which would be nice for students to go through in order to have a lively interaction, although not mandatory. But the video link at the end is a must-see for every student and academic :) There used to be a complete version of this until last year. Unfortunately only edited versions of this are now made public.
  • Barney, G. Glaser and Anselm Strauss. (1967). The Discovery of Grounded Theory: Strategies for Qualitative Research. Aldine Transaction
  • C. Bermeitinger, et. al. (2009). The Hidden Persuaders Break into the Tired Brain. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, vol 45. 320-326.
  • Charles Trappey. (1996, August). A meta-analysis of consumer choice and subliminal advertising. Psychology & Marketing, vol. 13 (5). 517-530
  • D.W. Davis. (1997, January). The Direction of Race of Interviewer Effects among African-Americans: Donning the Black Mask. American Journal of Political Science, vol 41 (1). 309-322
  • Stanley Milgram. (1963). Behavioural Study of Obedience. Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, vol. 67. 371-378
  • Susan Gair. (2012). Feeling Their Stories: Contemplating Empathy, Insider/Outsider Positionings, and Enriching Qualitative Research. Qualitative Health Research, vol. 22(1). 134-143
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlqU_JMTzd4&t=337s  (Joe Rogan's chat with Profs. James Lindsay and Peter Bogossian.

    Materials needed:
  • A4 size sheets
  • Note pads
  • Pens
  • Marker Pens
  • Post-it Notes (Minimum three packets)
  • Mobile phones (in silent mode), to take photos of work
 
Track 5: Animation Film Design : 
Swati Agarwal
swati.8833@gmail.com
 
About the faculty:
Swati Agarwal is an alumnus of IDC, School of Design, Indian Institute of Technology, IIT Bombay. She is an animation filmmaker and Designer.
She completed her M.Des in Animation in 2012 and has worked at IDC as a Design Research Associate on different projects by the Government of India. She has also documented the history of Indian Animation and interviewed some of the veteran Indian Animators.
Her two claymation films ‘Gajar Ka Halwa’ and ‘Lakshmi Aayi Hai’ and a 2D animation film 'Amrita' fetched several national and international awards. Her recent short stopmotion animation film ‘Meri Pyari Bakri’ won Honorable Jury mention in the 11th Dada Saheb Phalke International Film Festival.
Swati has the experience of working with the renowned Oscar winning Animator ‘Adam Wrywas’ on a short claymation film ‘Tokri’ by studio Eeksaurus.
Apart from making her own films she takes clay design workshops for all age groups in different parts of India.
Stopmotion Workshop plan :
Introduction to stopmotion animation.
Understanding the technique and exploration of different materials
Animating with clay. Learning how to make characters suitable for claymation, timing them, editing them and adding audio to the same. Bring your characters to life!
Materials needed:
Plasticine clay, papers, phone with stop motion app installed.

 
FAQs:
1. I didn't understand the term "Send three preferences in numerical order".
What we mean is that it is mandatory to send email with a clear list of three workshop tracks in the sequence of your preference. For example, if your first preference is Track 5 and second preference is Track 3 and third preference is Track 2, Then you may send an email in this format:
Name: ..........................., 
Roll Number: ............................., 
Email: ..........................................,
Phone number:.............................. , 
Preference 1: Track 5, Preference 2: Track 3, Preference 3: Track 2.
 
2. What happens if I dont have any second or third preference?
It is mandatory to send a list of preferences for registration for this workshop.
Workshop facilitators have specified an upper limit. If the number of students registering for one track is MORE than the number specified by our guest faculty, we will allot as per "First come First Serve" basis as per the date and time of email received from the student and the preferences mentioned in the email. If you dont give  second or third preference, then we will not be able to allot a workshop track for you. If you give a sequence of your preferences, we will allot you the second preference if the first preference track is full and so on.
 
3. I forgot to register before the deadline, what can be done? 
Contact your faculty coordinator and Head of IDC immediately.
 
4. I didn't check my emails and didn't see the email about Design workshop. What can be done?
As a student, you are expected to check your emails sent to your institute email account and to be aware of the department time table. It was clearly mentioned in the Time Table that Course No: DE 614 - Design Workshop is a mandatory course for MDes second semester and the dates Feb 7th to 11th (Monday to Friday) were also clearly marked in the time table which was sent to students much in advance. Name of faculty was also clearly marked in the time table.
Mandatory course means that minimum attendance is compulsory as per rules of the institute. There are grades assigned to this course.  
You may contact me at <gvsree@iitb.ac.in> and at 9820065118 (Whatsapp and voice call or SMS) if you have any problem in registration.
 
5. Can I change the workshop track after the start of the sessions?
No, you will not be able to change tracks after the start of the workshop. 
You will not be able to change your preferences after Saturday, 5th February,2022,  9.00am. 
 
6. What is the last date for registration?
I should receive your email, clearly mentioning your preferences in clear sequence before Saturday, 5th February,2022,  9.00am.
Please send the email in this format:
Name: .........................................., 
Roll Number: ............................, 
Preference 1: Track .........., 
Preference 2: Track ................., 
Preference 3: Track .................
 
7. Will all the workshops be online?
Yes, this year, all the workshops will be in online mode. Your workshop faculty will send you the meeting links. 
 
8. I am down with Covid. What can be done?
Please contact your faculty coordinator immediately and inform Head of IDC.

7. I need some more clarifications from workshop facilitator/guest faculty before selecting my track. What is to be done?
You are most welcome to write to the respective workshop faculty for any clarifications needed. Please inform them that you are a student of IDC :-)


 

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