25.02.2014, Media Lab
13:00-16:00 pm ( Human-centered design methods, Professor Lily Diaz-Kommonen )
16:00- 17:00 Lecture by Anton Sormina on Synaesthesia in the art of Jean Sibelius
The students are preparing an interactive design project for Ateneum Gallery, 100 year anniversary of Jean Sibelius.
The lecture was very interesting and it raised questions about serendipity in design. There is usually intention to design something but it ends up being something else since humans are unpredictable. We can use the phone as an example since the idea of the phone was not intended for the purpose it is used today and the 'evolution' of the mobile phone is remarkable since a lot of the work has gone into creating a smart phone.
The same can be said for Douglas Englebart's staged public demonstration of a networked computer system, held at the Augmentation Research Center -- the first public appearance of the mouse, windows, hypermedia with object linking and addressing, and video teleconferencing. It is amazing to think how far we have developed since 1968.
Another interesting Human-cantered design methods Lily showed us was using comic strips to visualize design specification:
1. Context
2. Persona – actor
3. Plot – imagine and depict the sequence of actions and events
4. Interaction
This is a good way to document how well a product has been made and how people can understand the different processes. There is also the room for serendipity as quite often artifacts are made for one purpose and end up being used for another.
Is the whole reason in design to make life easier?
Kinect for Windows
The lecture by Anton Sormina on Synaesthesia in the music of Jan Sibelius was truly fascinating. The students were invited to create an interactive piece for an exhibition at Ateneum museum celebrating the 100th anniversary of Jean Sibelius.
“For him there existed a strange mysterious connection between sound and colour, between the most secret perceptions of the eye and ear. Everything he saw produced a corresponding impression on his ear … And this he thought natural, with a good reason as those who did not possess this faculty, called him crazy or affectedly original …”
Paul 1891, quoted in Karl Ekman 1956:52
The connection between art and music is something that the students at Taidekoulu Maa have also been exploring though music video pieces and also various experimental audio and sound pieces. I really liked the way Anton Sormina brought many references to art that perhaps inspired Sibelius in his work for example stories of Kalevala. Lemminkäisen äiti (1891) painting by Akseli Gallen-Kallela, inspired Lemminkäinen suite by Sibelius.
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