Computational Human Centered Design

What goes into making a product? Are solutions made for problems, or are the problems created for a solution?  This studio class introduces students to the pipeline of creating a product from the ground up. Throughout the semester, students work on idea generation, prototyping, packaging, marketing, and evaluating their designs. 

As computation becomes more accessible, both in cost and in size, the everyday products we encounter have the potential to become more independent and provide alternative services than their main function. In this class, the basics and fundamentals of how these products work are covered in a bottom up approach. This means rather than focus on designing a 'smart chair,' the class will go over the basics of how electrical circuits work, how various sensors work, and how the mechanics aspects of a moving chair could work.