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
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
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:
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
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
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
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
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
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)
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
Tuesday Mar 17 (11:30am-2:30pm):
- Final video showcase and poster session
- All final deliverables due by 11:30am on Mar 17