| Schedule | Early Fall | 2002 |

Electronic Reading Pack

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Theme

Content

1

Aug.

26

 

 

 

Introduction and Discussion

Scope of the course, ideas, discussions & Readings

Drawing US Map, Unit Origami + diagramming, memory test

Assignment: Daily Reflection, bring Puzzles

Reading: (Psychology of Creativity, Folding Universe, Origami Peter Engel, "Folding the Universe : origami from angelfish to zen", New York : Vintage Books, c1989. p.62~70, p.70~81)

2

 

 

27

 

 

Presentation and Discussion

2D & 3D puzzle solving, types of puzzles, diagrams, discuss observations, readings

Assignment: Reflection, bring maps

Reading: (vision as data-processing, the eyes beguiled, impossible figures Bruno Ernst, "The Eye Beguiled : Optical Illusions", Benedikt Taschen, c1989. Vision as data-processing p.11~20)

3

 

 

 

28

 

Discussion

Map features discussion, assignments - in Groups (designing tourist brochure)

Reading: (Cognitive Model of Planning Allan Collins & Edward E. Smith, "Readings in Cognitive Science", Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, Palo Alto, Calif., c1988, A cognitive model of planning p.496~513)

4

 

 

 

 

29

Exercise

Field Study (out making tourist maps)

Presentation Tuesday 9/3.

5

 Sep.

2

 

 

 

Labor Day

(Group Work, Discussion, Presentation Preparation)

6

 

 

3

 

 

Presentation

Group Project Presentation and Discussion

Direction, Cognitive Map/instruction exercise, discussion of reading

Assignment: reflection, bring scissors, cutting mat and glue.

Reading: (Aaron's Code, a painter's tale Harold Cohen & Pamela McCorduck, "Aaron's code: meta-art, artificial intelligence and the work", New York : W. H. Freeman, c1991, p.3~9, p.76~84)

7

 

 

 

4

 

Discussion & Exercise

Making Paper Pop-ups, by reversed engineering + diagramming

Discussion of Reading, Aaron, Fractal, L-System, Shape Grammar

Assignment: Makin g 3D molecule model (or DNS Helix)

Reading: (molecules, ambidextrous universe Martin Gardner, "The Ambidextrous Universe: Left, Right, and the Fall of Parity" British, London: Penguin Press, c1967. Molecules p.107~141)

8

 

 

 

 

5

Exercise

Executive Summary of molecule project + diagramming, Discussion of Reading, 3D model making, Mental rotation, projection exercise, Blind people's spatial reasoning

List of daily life visual thinking and spatial reasoning examples.

Reading: (Representing Time, and events, Understanding Comics
Scott McCloud, "Understanding Comics : the invisible art ", Northampton, MA : Kitchen Sink Press, c1993. p.60~118)

Assignment: design an animation tool/program for the blind

9

 Sep.

9

 

 

 

Mary Gates Hall 1:30 - 3:30 (Computer Lab)

Room furniture layout problem

Sketch-VR Exercise (layout problem)

Poly (unfolding polyhedra), Tartarn World (rule-based) and DiscoverForm (Fractal)

Reading: (QuickViz, visual language, drawing technique Hanks and Belliston, "Rapid Viz : a new method for the rapid visualization of ideas", Los Altos, Calif. : W. Kaufmann, c1980. p.8~10, p.14~20, p.33~35, p.60~61, p.74~75, p.124~137)

10

 

 

10

 

 

Presentation

Group Project Presentation: Animation Tool for the Blind

Discussion, spatial cognition, Artificial Vision, nanotechnology

Why a diagram is worth 1000 words?

Reading: (study of blind drawing practice, animation program eyes free, IC2D Hesham M. Kamel & James A. Landay, "Constructing moving pictures eyes-free: an animation tool for the blind", ACM Press, New York, NY, USA, c2002. (p.772~773). Human Factors in Computer Systems

)

11

 

 

 

11

 

Discussion

Paper Airplane Contest, Physical Model Making (Automata)

Discussion, mobility, usability, usability

Mechanical Movement (Cabaret Theater)

Reading: (Great International Paper Airplane Book Howard Gossage , Jerry Mander , George Dippel, "Great International Paper Airplane Book", Publisher: Galahad Books, c1998, p.15~24, p.33~46, p.125~126)

12

 

 

 

 

12

Gould 236, 10:00 - 12:00 (Computer Lab)

3D Computer Modeling Form Z, Gould 236

Reading: (metrics and module)

Assignment: reflection, image of model

Group project, cardboard furniture, to present 9/17 Tuesday.

13

Sep.

16

 

 

 

Mary Gates Hall 1:30 - 3:30 (Computer Lab)

Computer Form Making (3D FormWriter)
Print class handouts

Mary Gated Hall 058

14

 

 

17

 

 

Discussion

Presentation of Group Project - Cardboard Furniture

15

 

 

 

18

 

Presentation

Final Presentation- summary, 3 favorite projects, lessons learned from the exercises, or 'why a diagram is worth a thousand words'

16

 

 

 

 

19

Discussion

Final Presentation, Reflections and Discussions