Week 1

Tuesday Jan 7:

• Lectures: Course introduction
• Enrollment, logistics, website, icebreaker

Thursday Jan 9:

• Lectures: Evidence-driven design
• Guest: Brian McInnis from UCSD
• Icebreaker, studio time

Deliverables due by 5pm on Friday Jan 10:

• A1 Search the web to explore a problem space (individual assignment)
• Reading reflection due: "Civic Design" by DiSalvo and Le Dantec

Week 2

Tuesday Jan 14:

• Lecture: Field research methods (interviewing, observation, surveys)
• Studio time

Thursday Jan 16:

• Studio time (pair up for A3 and A4 and prep for field research)

Deliverables due by 5pm on Friday Jan 17:

• A2 Find and discuss data relevant to problem areas (individual assignment)
• Reading reflection due: "Needfinding: The Why and How of Uncovering People's Needs" by Patnaik and Becker

Week 3

Tuesday Jan 21:

• Introduce A4 assignment
• Guests: Lima Saft from CalTrans, Howard Blackson from AVRP Skyport, and Don Murphy from IBI Group
• Studio time

Thursday Jan 23:

• Guests: Antoinette Meier from SANDAG and Colleen Emmenegger from Design Lab
• Studio time

Deliverables due by 5pm on Friday Jan 24:

• Reading reflection due: "A guide to problem framing" by Xiao

Week 4

Tuesday Jan 28:

• Lecture: Problem framing
• Studio time: "Problem sketching" activity
• Guests: Steve MacNeil from UCSD, Josh Kavanagh from UCSD campus planning, and Dan Lenzen from LJCDS

Thursday Jan 30:

• Guests: Alyssa Muto from City of San Diego and Roger Lewis
• Studio time (work on A3/A4)

Deliverables due by 5pm on Friday Jan 31:

• A3 Conduct Field Research and A4 Write a Problem Report (pair assignment)
• Reading reflection due: "Universal Methods of Design" (selected pages) by Martin and Hanington

Week 5

Tuesday Feb 4:

• Lecture: Ideation sprint
• Guests: Kevin "The Idea Guy" Popovic, Laura Spencer, Bryan "Sage" Rill, Jennifer Taylor
• Studio time (Ideation and team formation)

Thursday Feb 6:

• Lecture: Scenarios, storyboards, and speed dating
• Guests: Brent Boyd from MTS and Dave Schumacher from WSP
• Studio time (bring one scenario and one storyboard to review and revise)

Deliverables due by 5pm on Friday Feb 7:

• A5 Create Storyboards (team assignment)
• Final team sign up
• Reading reflection due: "Rapidly Exploring Application Design through Speed Dating" by Davidoff, Lee, Dey and Zimmerman

Week 6

Tuesday Feb 11:

• Midterm presentations (in-person speed dating)
• Guests: Colin Santulli from City of San Diego, Dave Schumacher from WSP, Debbie Leung and Matt Cox from IBI Group

Thursday Feb 13:

• Midterm presentations (in-person speed dating)
• Guests: Coleen Clementson from SANDAG, Everett Hauser from City of San Diego, Catherine Thibault, Amy Jackson, and Cecily Taylor from Fehr & Peers

Deliverables due by 5pm on Friday Feb 14:

• Reading reflection due: "How Prototyping Practices Affect Design Results" by Dow

Week 7

Tuesday Feb 18:

• Lectures: Pivoting, prototyping, MVPs, service enactments, tactical urbanism
• Discuss Final Project deliverables
• Guest: Sean van Tyne
• Studio time (prototyping)

Thursday Feb 20:

• Studio time (work on A6 and prototypes)

Deliverables due by 5pm on Friday Feb 21:

• Reading reflection due: "What do Prototypes Prototype?" by Houde and Hill

Week 8

Tuesday Feb 25:

• Drafts due: draft of team's testable prototype and testing plan
• Deliverables due: A6 preliminary team proposals
• Studio critique around prototypes and testing plans

Thursday Feb 27:

• Lectures: Pitching and advocating (portfolios, videos, posters)
• Studio time (prototypes, moodboards, style guides, and video scripts)

Deliverables due by 5pm on Friday Feb 28:

• Reading reflection due: "Crowdfunding: Why People Are Motivated to Post and Fund Projects on Crowdfunding Platforms" by Gerber, Hui, and Kuo

Week 9

Tuesday Mar 3:

• Guest: Greg Horowitt from T2 Venture Capital
• Drafts due: testable prototype and insights from testing

Thursday Mar 5:

• Drafts due: mood boards, style guides, and video scripts
• Studio time (poster, portfolio, video script/storyboards)

Week 10

Tuesday Mar 10:

• Studio time
• Drafts due: posters, portfolios, video storyboards

Thursday Mar 12:

• Studio time
• Last chance for feedback on posters, videos, portfolios, and prototypes

Week 11 (Finals Week)

Tuesday Mar 17 (11:30am-2:30pm):

• Final video showcase and poster session
• All final deliverables due by 11:30am on Mar 17