Interaction Design Summer School (IDSS) 2008

Seppos Photostream IDSS2008

2008-07-20T18:39:00.003+03:00

Due to a long rain in Ugandas so called short rain season Ill found the time to put my fotos from IDSS 2008 on flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/seppog/sets/72157605389325849/

enjoy

Our IDSS Photographs

2008-07-15T17:23:00.003+03:00

Hi all,
The photographs taken by Yoram and I are available on:
http://picasaweb.google.com.tr/cryofthecelts/IDSS2008

List of Participants

2008-07-14T15:19:00.076+03:00

Students

Aduén Darriba Frederiks
Utrecht School of the Arts
The Netherlands
aduen.darriba@gmail.com

Andreas Bernstein
Mälardalen University
Sweden
andreas_bernstein@hotmail.com

Angelika Kaltenbrunner
FH Joanneum University of Applied Sciences
Austria
angelika.kaltenbrunner.mid07@fh-joanneum.at

Anna Gustafsson
Mälardalen University
Sweden
agn05007@student.mdh.se

Anna Hazod
FH Joanneum University of Applied Sciences
Austria
anna.hazod.ind06@fh-joanneum.at

Aramagan Kösecioglu
Kadir Has University
Turkey
armykoo@hotmail.com

Arne Boon
Utrecht School of the Arts
The Netherlands
arneboon@gmail.com

Birgit Flesch
FH Joanneum University of Applied Sciences
Austria
birgit.flesch.mid07@fh-joanneum.at

Cem Koray Simsek
Kadir Has University
Turkey
cksimsek@gmail.com

Cyrille De Warrimont
Utrecht School of the Arts
The Netherlands
cdewarrimont@gmail.com

Ekrem Tarcan Yönel
Kadir Has University
Turkey
tarcan@gmail.com

Eva-Irena Übler
FH Joanneum University of Applied Sciences
Austria
evairena.uebler.ide06@fh-joanneum.at

Furkan Yesilnur
Kadir Has University
Turkey
furkanyesil56@hotmail.com

Georg Mir
FH Joanneum University of Applied Sciences
Austria
georg.mir.ind07@fh-joanneum.at

Hakan Isik
Kadir Has University
Turkey
freedom_hkn@hotmail.com

Hennig Schulze
FH Joanneum University of Applied Sciences
Austria
henning.schulze.ind05@fh-joanneum.at

Irene Kriechbaum
FH Joanneum University of Applied Sciences
Austria
irene.kriechbaum.ind06@fh-joanneum.at

Jan Jonk
Utrecht School of the Arts
The Netherlands
js.jonk@gmail.com

Josephine Linghammar
Mälardalen University
Sweden
jlr06002@student.mdh.se

Julia Söödi
Mälardalen University
Sweden
jsi06002@student.mdh.se

Karin Cepin
FH Joanneum University of Applied Sciences
Austria
karin.cepin.mid07@fh-joanneum.at

Kristina Nygård
Mälardalen University
Sweden
knd06001@student.mdh.se

Lode Claassen
Utrecht School of the Arts
The Netherlands
lodeclaassen@gmail.com

Maria Breiwald
Mälardalen University
Sweden
mbd06001@student.mdh.se

Maria Ramming
FH Joanneum University of Applied Sciences
Austria
maria.ramming.ind07@fh-joanneum.at

Murat Aslan
Kadir Has University
Turkey
maslan_19@hotmail.com

Nikki Veldhuis
Utrecht School of the Arts
The Netherlands
nikkiveldhuis@gmail.com

Onur Yaşar
Kadir Has University
Turkey
onuryasar@gmail.com

Peter Coolen
Utrecht School of the Arts
The Netherlands
tentacle_design@hotmail.com

Rajeev Siewnath
Utrecht School of the Arts
The Netherlands
rajeev.siewnath@student-kmt.hku.nl

Rebecka Knås
Mälardalen University
Sweden
rks06001@student.mdh.se

Roy Oostwouder
Utrecht School of the Arts
The Netherlands
roy.oostwouder@gmail.com

Sara Zetterberg
Mälardalen University
Sweden
szg06001@student.mdh.se

Sofia Gustafsson
Mälardalen University
Sweden
sgn06002@student.mdh.se

Tove Block
Mälardalen University
Sweden
tbk06001@student.mdh.se

Vahide Göktas
Kadir Has University
Turkey
vahidegoktas@yahoo.com

Willem Verkerk
Utrecht School of the Arts
The Netherlands
w.f.verkerk@gmail.com

Organizers

Anil Türkmayalı
Kadir Has University
Turkey
anilt@khas.edu.tr

Corné van Delft
Utrecht School of the Arts
The Netherlands
corne@code66.nl

Josef (Seppo) Gründler
FH Joanneum University of Applied Sciences
Austria
josef.gruendler@fh-joanneum.at

Thomas Porathe
Mälardalen University
Sweden
thomas.porathe@mdh.se

Yoram Chisik
Kadir Has University
Turkey
ychisik@gmail.com

better late than never

2008-07-12T01:44:00.002+03:00

Here are the links to my minmap files - png and freemind format.
Youll get freemind at: http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

http://gruendler.mur.at/support/IDSSlecture.png
http://gruendler.mur.at/support/IDSSlecture.mm

Exhibition + Reception

2008-07-10T11:25:00.002+03:00

Hello everyone,

Tomorrow, at 17:00 (just after your presentations) we will be moving to the exhibition place for the closing ceremony. This is on the way to the new building. Anyway, we will be leading you to that area.

You can check the programme for the flow, we will be starting at 09:00 and end up at 17:00.
Good luck ! :)

cash or creditcard

2008-07-08T20:12:00.001+03:00

PD continued

2008-07-08T19:20:00.003+03:00

tomorrow 9th of July, 10 a.m. sharp I will continue the P.D workshop in the lecture hall.
Again bring your laptops and earphones.

if You haven't done yet install the extended version from:
http://at.or.at/hans/pd/installers.html

topics for tomorrow:

playing with soundfiles/samples
a depper look into messages and flow order of signal/messages
logical decisions
program internals - path, libraries, externals, abstraction, sub-patch
comman line options
communication with outside pd

if You are not cruising istanbul this night You might get inspirations from the following links:

the main portal: http://puredata.info/

tutorials in starting with pd:
http://en.flossmanuals.net/PureData/ConfiguringPD
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/aug06/articles/puredata_0806.htm
http://emusician.com/mag/emusic_playing_pd/index.html

tutorial sounddesign in pd http://obiwannabe.co.uk/html/sound-design/sound-design-all.html

more on the midi side: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/digitalmedia/2005/04/27/pd.html

Videos about works in MAX/MSP/Jitter on myspace
(everything You can do with max/msp/jitter You can do with pd, but maybe not as easyly)

sorry, german only:
http://www.linux-magazin.de/heft_abo/ausgaben/2005/09/die_perfekte_welle

have fun

Printing your Project !

2008-07-08T12:46:00.007+03:00

Greetings people of IDSS,
As you all know, you have to externalize your prototype by designing a poster and a website.

On Thursday morning, each group will be provided 6 blank CDs.

Please put your poster + website in one CD and duplicate it until you have 6 copies.

Those 6 copies must be distributed as:
1 for each group member (4 in total)
1 for instructors (to me)
1 for the organization (to me)
(so you give me 2 copies and keep the other 4)

The deadline for submission is Thursday, at 17:00. This way, the printing house can have enough time to finish the work for the exhibition on Friday.

(The "info stripe" that stands on the bottom part of the page should contain information about the project title, group name, group members and name of the organization as shown on the pic. There are no restrictions about the font size or orientation of the text here)

And the color mode can either be either RGB or CMYK (preferrably CMYK).

GNOME

2008-07-08T08:55:00.003+03:00

Currently the GNOME Users’ And Developers’ European Conference.
is taking part in Istanbul

Presentations are given by software developers, business leaders and users who are involved in Open Source, Free Software and of course, GNOME. These combine with many practical sessions and discussion groups which set the direction of the GNOME project. It also aims to attract new developers and contributers, as well has serve as a meeting point for corporate interests and allow us to showcase some of the latest technologies.

Keynote Speakers:
http://guadec.expectnation.com/public/content/keynotes

events and parties
http://guadec.expectnation.com/public/content/event

A short introduction ot Pure Data

2008-07-07T11:40:00.001+03:00

Short introduction in Pure Data
To whom it may concern:
Today (monday) after the screening Ill give an introduction to:
PD - The ultimate Computer Music hack ...
in the lecture hall

"PD" stands for Pure Data and is a graphical Computer Music System written by Miller S. Puckette .Its has an reatime Open GL rendering mashine also etc etc..

It works in a similar way as Max/MSP or jMax from IRCAM.

PD is open source software, it is free for any use and can be downloaded from the internet. PD runs on Win32, IRIX and LINUX platforms.

It is easy to extend PD with third-party plug-ins (so-called "externals"). Many collections of externals (so-called "libraries") are already aviable.

please bring Your laptops and earphones and for those who want to do more than just look install the appropriate version from here:
Pd extended 0.40.3 extended rc 3
http://at.or.at/hans/pd/installers.html

see You
Seppo G.

People in Istanbul

2008-07-05T17:01:00.003+03:00

I went to the Asian side of Istanbul this afternoon and photographed some people. You can see more of these pictures on my picasa album

Thomas' Lecture

2008-07-04T23:07:00.004+03:00

Thomas' Lecture "Sketching User Experiences"

Lecture presentations from Corné and Yoram

2008-07-04T00:26:00.004+03:00

I have uploaded pdf files from Yoram's and my lectures. I have converted them to pdf files so they are smaller downloads.
Enjoy

Interactiont Design: Focus on User Experience (Corné, 2.4Mb)
The Affordances of the Letter, the Word, the “Pen” and the Surface (Yoram, 4.2Mb)

The Princess Islands

2008-07-03T19:25:00.006+03:00

Some useful information about the trip on Saturday,

As you all know from the programme, this trip is optional (but highly recommended, for those who enjoy sightseeing !!) :)

Well, I tried to manipulate the image of the boat schedule -that was only available in Turkish with some useless details- now before the departure you debate on the time of departure.

and here comes the vital information:
1- Kabatas is the nearest place to your hotel. You should depart from there. If you go early, your seat in the boat will probably be in a nice location. Also, the boat will be less crowded.
Grand Halic - Kabatas (approx.)
by walking through Karaköy 20-25 mins
by taxi (from the other side of the road) 5-8 mins

and the price of token ("jeton" in turkish) is 2,80 YTL.

2- Usually, during the weekends, the islands become very crowded. But going on saturday is far better than being there on sunday. People who went there last year had very positive feedback about the density.

3- You can use these two sites to get more info about the islands
http://www.greatistanbul.com/islands.htm (very modest city huh ? :))
http://english.istanbul.com/Content.aspx?CatId=3652&Type=detail

3- Don't go into the restaurants that have an "exaggeratedly friendly" attitude :) I am not warning you about an upcoming danger, but we are living in the age of first-person, the choice must be yours ! :)

4- Although swimming is mostly not recommended in Marmara sea, you can still find some areas where the residents of the islands use for swimming. Compared to mediterranean shores, swimming in Istanbul is pointless, but it is still a possibility. Swimming pools are also an option.

5- For the ones who like quicker excursions, it is possible to rent a bicycle from some shops.

I may update this post if more remarks come to my mind,
and please consider this post as a confession from my side, 'cause probably I won't be able to join you :)

Lastly, IDSS and boat trip together remind me of a photograph I took yesterday...

Mindmaps

2008-07-02T11:26:00.004+03:00

All student groups made a mindmap of their first ideas about calligraphy. Originally the plan was to have them prestented yesterday, but due to some logistic issues with boats to the museum we visited, we reviewed them today.....

Since I'm having trouble uploading pictures to blogger at the moment.You can find the mindmaps on http://picasaweb.google.nl/66code66/IDSSMindmaps .

Actually you can find all pictures I take during this summerschool at http://picasaweb.google.nl/66code66

First day of the summerschool

2008-06-30T18:36:00.005+03:00

Today the Interaction Design Summerschool at Kadir Has University, Istanbul started.
It was a somewhat 'flexible' start: The main purpose was of course to inform everybody about the programme, to get acquainted and to get internet access working on everybody's laptop.

In the afternoon (an hour later than planned, due to the elongated lunch of the supervisors :-) Dr. Çetin Sarikartal gave the first lecture of this summerschool about the Art of Calligraphy from a design perspective. It was an inspiring lecture about form, meaning, structure and experience. For most students it generated more questions than it answered. Wich is good: now hopefully the lecture will sit in the back of everyones brain to stirr up their perceptions and expectations.

After the first introductions the students took a tour through the university and everybody went out for lunch after that.