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4.110/MAS.330/MAS.650  Design Across Scales

Spring 2015

Instructors: Neri Oxman, J. Meejin Yoon

TAs: Alexandros Charidis, Jorge Duro-Royo, Nicolo Vincenzo Guida, Chikara Inamura, Jessica Yung Jorge, Markus Aurel Rasmus Kayser, Steven John Keating, John Klein, Laia Mogas-Soldevila, William Graham Patrick, Alexis Jay Sablone, Sunanda Sharma

Lecture:  T10-12  (E14-633)
Lab:  W7-9  (see handout)      

Information: 

Explores the reciprocal relationships among design, science, and technology across scales. Covers a wide range of topics, from visualization, fabrication, computation, material ecology, interaction, and architecture to games and performance. Examines how transformations in science and technology have influenced design thinking and vice versa. Students collaborate on interdisciplinary design projects and creative opportunities. Additional work is required of students taking the graduate version of the subject.

Announcements

Assignment 1 - Office Hours desk crits

Sign up by group number:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12VY9F1UB3LNNiKGuJP53h6EpJNC0W7I0exKuKvWIu24/edit#gid=0

Announced on 28 February 2015  7:45  p.m. by Jessica Yung Jorge

Class Website

http://design-across-scales.mit.edu

Announced on 25 February 2015  8:21  p.m. by Jessica Yung Jorge

Presidents Day and Lab 02

DAS,

Thanks for a great first lab session! The snow and holiday schedule has thrown us off the syllabus a little so please review some important reminders about next week and beyond:

Class Next Week
Due to Presidents Day, MIT is closed Monday. The Monday class schedule will occur on Tuesday which means NO LECTURE on Tuesday 2/17. Classes resume as normal Wednesday 2/18 so we will have Lab 02 next Wednesday night from 7-9PM in Room 7-429.

Lab Attendance
Lab is not required if you already have the skills taught that week. Please review the lab handout to determine if you need to come or not. The Lab 02 Handout will be sent over the weekend.

Assignment 1
Assignment 1 will be handed out at this Wednesday’s Lab and posted to Stellar for those of you not at lab.

Fab Lab Shop Training
Everyone who has not been trained to use the fabrication shop in the architecture department will need to get a safety training and a shop tutorial. If you were trained at another shop at MIT, you still MUST get trained for the architecture Fab Lab. We will email you soon with more details.

Looking forward to seeing you next Wednesday!

DAS Team

Announced on 13 February 2015  5:37  p.m. by Jessica Yung Jorge

First Class - Announcements

Hello Design Across Scales,

We hope you enjoyed the first class and we're excited to begin working together.

I'm writing to review a few important points from today:
1. The syllabus is posted on Stellar.
2. Postcard responses: We collected some student information today at the end of class. If you left early or missed the lecture, you can find the questions on the Materials page of the Stellar site (same page as the syllabus). The document is called "DAS - Postcard Questions - 1st Class." You can respond to the questions in the body text of an email - no need for a Word doc. Please do not write more than 2 or 3 sentences for any response. If you submitted the postcard in person, no need to send anything else!
3. We understand you're eager to know if you've been accepted to the class. We will let everyone know their status by the end of the day Friday and sooner if possible. In the mean time, thank you for your patience.
4. There is no lab tomorrow, 2/4. Weekly lab sessions will begin next week.

Please email das_tas@mit.edu with questions and we look forward to seeing you next week.

Thanks,
Jessica

Announced on 03 February 2015  4:49  p.m. by Jessica Yung Jorge