In Coding IxD, we co-educate computer scientists and product designers. Beyond experiencing interdisciplinary work, we want students to envision interactive and responsible systems: by this, we mean a responsibility through code that is carefully using material, form, and context while profoundly respecting both human capabilities and vulnerabilities. We understand this course as an experimental space, where different perspectives meet, exchange, and evolve. Each semester, based on small project teams of up to four members, students are challenged to examine a specific application context. Within this context, the teams envision new application or product concepts.

We guide this process through various carefully tuned methods that are used to spark their ideas. Students iterate through several rounds of ideation and refine their concepts in different prototype versions. The most compelling or promising interaction concept, the one that allows grasping the quality and essence of the product concept is implemented in a working prototype. Students are accompanied by a team of experienced designers and computer scientists but also by guest experts that provide feedback to the various design iterations. If needed, special workshops are organized to cover specific topics ranging from prototyping to project management. The whole course is evaluated continuously to enhance our methodological toolbox.

Initiators

Prof. Dr. Claudia Müller-Birn
Human-Centered Computing (HCC) Research Group
Freie Universität Berlin ↗︎
Königin-Luise-Straße 24-26
14195 Berlin

Prof. Carola Zwick
Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weißensee ↗︎
Bühringstraße 20
13086 Berlin

This seminar is organized in cooperation of the
Cluster of Excellence “Matters of Activity” ↗︎
Sophienstraße 22A
10178 Berlin

Outreach

2024

Expanding:THE BODY is showcased at the Weizenbaum Institute. ↗︎

2023

Let’s Get:PHYSICAL is showcased at the CityLAB Berlin. ↗︎

2023

Let’s Get:PHYSICAL is featured on the art in berlin website. ↗︎

2022

Digital:Sovereignty is showcased at the Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften at the Freie Universität Berlin. ↗︎

2022

Coding IxD paper accepted at EduCHI. ↗︎

2022

Digital:Sovereignty is showcased at the Weizenbaum Institute. ↗︎

2022

Digital:Sovereignty is featured on the art in berlin website. ↗︎

2022

Prof. Judith Glaser is featued in Tagesspiegel Background on the topic of digitalization & AI. ↗︎

2021

Aktiv Labor is shortlisted for the Global Grad Show. ↗︎

2020

Aktiv Labor is nominated for the UX Design Award. ↗︎

2020

Firefly is featured on Spiegel Online. ↗︎

2020

Firefly is featured on the #besserweiter website. ↗︎

2020

Firefly is featured in the Frame magazine. ↗︎

2020

Entity:City is showcased at the CityLAB Berlin. ↗︎

2018

Aux Synesthesia is featured on Core77. ↗︎

2018

Aux Synesthesia is featured in the campus.leben magazine of Freie Universität Berlin. ↗︎

2016

Flux is featured on the Fast Company website. ↗︎

2016

Flux is featued on Core77. ↗︎

2016

Mirror is showcased at the Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften at the Freie Universität Berlin.

2015

Floradex is nominated in the “Creative Mobile” category of the Deutscher Multimedia Preis. ↗︎

2015

Floradex is featured as a project and contribution of the preservation of the German cultural heritage on the website Cod1ng da V1nc1. ↗︎

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