In Assignment 4, Designing Sociable Media students document their subjective experience of a 6-hour span of time. This image is an excerpt from Seth Hunter's work. (Courtesy of Seth Hunter. Used with permission.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. Judith Donath
MIT Course Number
MAS.961
As Taught In
Spring 2008
Level
Graduate
Course Description
Course Features
Course Highlights
Each assignment includes links to representative student work.
Course Description
This project-based course explores new design strategies for social interaction in the computer mediated world. Through weekly readings and design assignments we will examine topics such as:
- Data-based portraiture
- Depicting growth, change and the passage of time
- Visualizing conversations, crowds, and networks
- Interfaces for the connected city
- Mobile social technologies
The course emphasizes developing visual and interactive literacy.
