00 ABOUT THE PROJECT

Designing With: A New Educational Module to Integrate Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Data Visualization in Design Curricula, is an ongoing research project in collaboration between the Institute of Design, SUPSI; the EPFL and the Universidade NOVA de Lisboa.

The aim of the project is to develop an experimental approach and collaborate on the definition of a new educational module suitable to be applied in multidisciplinary environments that integrate Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML) and Data Visualization (DV) in Design curricula. All the knowledge generated will be documented into an online toolkit containing AI/ML/DV tools, resources and methodologies accessible by an audience of design teachers and students with a training background in different design areas. (designingwithai.ch)**

01 WORKSHOP SCHEDULE

Schedule Example - Download

Monday 17

Tuesday 18

Wednesday 19

Thursday 20

Friday 21

01.1 WORKSHOP ICEBREAKING:

→ AI+ML+DV+DSG Portraits Archive

(1) NAME + INSTITUTION + MASTER

(e.g) Antonella from SUPSI, Teacher and Research Assistant at Master of Arts in Interaction Design - Workshop Coordinator.

(2) WHAT IS THE INTERSECTION OF MACHINE LEARNING, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, DATA VISUALIZATION, AND DESIGN FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE?

Instructions: Using elastic bands on the Matrix Plot we provide you (you can find them in your tote bag bag) to answer. Each color of elastic represents a disciplinary field, see below the legend.

Remember to comment and motivate in public your perspective while doing the exercise. IMPORTANT: THERE IS NO RIGHT OR WRONG ANSWER!

(*) We encourage you to keep your matrix plots on the table and over the course of the workshop days to change the position and size of the elastic bands if you feel your perspective has changed!

a) Elastic Bands

b) Matrix Plot

RED: Artificial Intelligence

BLUE: Machine Learning

GREEN: Data Visualization

YELLOW: Design

An example to help you from one of the experts we interviewed:

”The potential of Artificial Intelligence is that it has already become pervasive, it will be integrated and integrative. If you take away the electricity? Will nothing work anymore? Or does nothing work anymore as it should? AI is for me the fuel, the engine, the electricity.”

Elisabeth Graph Strategic design consultant for Adaptation & Resilience | Founder of IMMA Collective 🇩🇪🇬🇧🇮🇹

02 “DESIGNING WITH” → RESOURCES

To facilitate learning and exploration of how Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Data Visualization could be integrated in design practices, this database organizes and visualizes AI/ML/DV tools within a novel design system developed by systematizing AI activities within the common stages of design thinking, pursuing the concept of "Learning by searching for".

Tools

AI CAPABILITIES - Vocabulary

STAGES OF DESIGN THINKING - Vocabulary

[→ EXPLORE THE VISUALIZATION]

The visualization provide the prototype of an interactive linear dendrogram showcasing 140 cutting-edge tools in the fields of Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, and Data Visualization. Users can explore these tools based on the following categories and user flow:

01 STAGES OF DESIGN: What stage of design am I currently in?

02 AI CAPABILTIES: What activity do I need to perform at this stage?

03 INPUT: Which data I have to provide to a tool to perform the activity? (human-side)

04 OUTPUT: Which data the tool give back to me? (machine-side)

05 TOOLS: Which software applications, programs, or online services can assist me?