ID414
Interactive Installations: an Introduction
Faculty
Daniel Scheibel
Technical Director / Co-Founder at Red Paper Heart
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Course type
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Overview
Few art forms blend the digital and physical worlds as seamlessly as interactive installations. This module will show you the basics of a practice that combines different disciplines to create unforgettable experiences. You will learn how to ideate, design and build installations while looking at old, new and future technologies that enable the magic. Students will take part in hands-on group exercises and prototype their own interactive installation.
Learning highlights
- Recognise a good interactive installation
- Visualise an interactive installation concept
- Prototype an interactive installation
Course outline
15 classes
Session 1
Introduction
What are interactive Installations?
Where and why do they exist?
Student project briefing
Session 2
Ideation & concept development
Examples of good interactive installations
What’s a good brief and how to answer it
Session 3
Presenting an idea - from sketch to render
Design everything
Session 4
Prototyping interactions - fake it till you make it
Session 5
Student project WIP presentations
Session 6
Data input - how to measure physical activity and moods
Session 7
Data processing - how to analyse data input and turn it into fun reactions
Demonstration: Node-based visual programming
Session 8
Data out - how to present a reaction in mind-blowing ways
Demonstration: Projection mapping
Session 9
Exploring new technologies
VR / AR / MR / AI / ML
Session 10
Student project WIP presentations
Session 11
The importance of sound
Session 12
The context - from installation to experience
Session 13
How to budget for something that doesn’t exist
Session 14
The production process in the real world
Session 15
Student project final presentations
Prerequisites
Basic level of interaction design
Basic level of visual design
Basic knowledge of design tools (Photoshop, Sketch, Figma, Illustrator)
Knowing how to code (Javascript) will be helpful but is not required
Methodology
Each class will be a combination of lectures, demonstrations, discussions and group working sessions.
Students will work in groups to create an interactive installation concept and prototype throughout the three weeks of the module - in and outside of class.
Week one: The basics - how to ideate and present viable installation concepts
Week two: Zooming in - the technologies behind the magic
Week three: Zooming out - the details that make it or break it
Grading
Daniel is the co-founder and technology director of Red Paper Heart, a Brooklyn-based design studio specializing in interactive experiences that inspire joy and wonder. Since 2011 Red Paper Heart explores the potential of new technologies by combining physical activity and art in novel ways to create award-winning installations for clients such as Google, Ford and HBO.
Always interested in art and math, Daniel found his love for interactive technologies early on. He studied Multimedia Design and Computer Science at the University of Applied Sciences in Augsburg, Germany. Before founding Red Paper Heart, Daniel was a senior developer at Big Spaceship in New York. After more than a decade in the United States, Daniel moved back to Europe in 2020.
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Interactive Installations: an Introduction
by Daniel Scheibel
Total hours
45 Hours
Dates
Aug 02 - Aug 20, 2021
Fee for single course
€1500
Fee for degree students
€750
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