In Terms of Design

The 2nd Workshop of the Nordic Interactive Multimedia Research School
May 28th to May 30th, 1999

University of Art and Design
Helsinki, Finland

Programme

updated 29.5.99

Friday, May 28

10-12.30 Plenary, Pop-Jazz conservatory Concert Hall
Welcome, Minna Tarkka
Timo Honkela: Context, Subjectivity and Understanding
Luc Courchesne: 'Landscape One': Interactive Video Panorama
DESIGN SPECIAL: BOUNCY presented by Erik Granum

12.30-13.30 Lunch Club room

13.30-16.30 Working group sessions (parallel) 1 & 2, UIAH Media Lab

1. EMOTIONS AND MODALITIES Lecture room
*Aurelian Bria: White Stone - emotional communication
*Linh V. Tran: Color Constancy Algorithms and Search in Image Databases
*Pernilla Qvarfordt: Multimodal Interaction
*Anu Mäkelä: Understanding Attraction in Human-Product Interaction
*Antti Raike: Hypermedia, visual concepts and sign language

2. CYBER-SPATIALITY New Media Center
*Bjørn Sørenssen: The space/place metaphor in on-line computer communication
*Heidi Tikka: Information environments, subjectivity and gender
*Erlandt Flygt: Architectural design and interaction
*Hans Andersson: Programme development and architectural design
*Josef Wideström: Communication in virtual environments

16.30-17 Conclusions Lecture room, New Media Center

20-24 Evening programme at Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art
20 Presentation of Luc Courchesne's installation 'Landscape One'
21 Special Keynote via teleconference:
Terry Winograd: Bringing Design to Software
22 Opening reception, Kiasma Restaurant

Saturday, May 29

10-12.30 Plenary, Pop-Jazz conservatory Concert Hall
Juhani Salovaara: Shifts in Design Strategies
Mika Pantzar: The Smart Human Agent - Constructed in and for Cyber Science?
DESIGN SPECIAL: 100 HOMES presented by Future Media Home team

12.30-13.30 Lunch Club room

13.30-16.30 Working group sessions (parallel) 3 & 4 & 5, UIAH Media Lab

3 DESIGN FOR COLLABORATION Lecture room
*Kari Kuutti: Design for Motivation
*Astrid Selling Sjöberg & Mattias Tjernström: Work practice and communication
*Philip Donner: Distance Learning, Music and Collaboration Software
*Stefan Berreth: Multi-user application, self organizing, interface
*Tuomo Tuikka: Shared Virtual Prototypes in Collaborative Product Concept Design
*Pirita Seitamaa-Hakkarainen, Asta Raami: Collaborative Cloth-design Project for Neonate Babies in the Future Learning Environment (FLE)

4 LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS Research Institute lecture room
*John Sören Petterson: Computerised Reading and Writing Support for Children
*Michael Barner-Rasmussen: Virtual Interactive Learning Environments for Higher Education
*Cecilia Katzeff: Designing Interactive Educational Media for the Active, Collaborative Learner
*Andrea Botero: Children First. Developing a digital Sandbox -Interaction toolkit for children
*Mike Stott:Interaction design education and research
*Robin Cheesman, Simon D Heilesen: Master of Multimedia Arts - educating for the new news media

5. QUESTIONING THE USER New Media Center
*Lone Malmborg & Pelle Ehn: Everything That Rises Must Converge
*Olli Sotamaa: Reception of Digital Culture in Context of Media History
*Jukka Ylitalo: Performance of the User of an Interface
*Håkan Edeholt: Inventive Design - How Can the Industrial Designer Contribute?
*Maria Koskijoki: Design, ethnography and consumers
*Kari-Hans Kommonen: Beyond Usability and User-Centered Design
*Katja Oksanen-Särelä: What Kind of User is Constructed in Future Visions

16.30-17 Conclusions Lecture rooms, New Media Center

17.30-19 Workshop: De-briefing Design - Pelle Ehn, Peter Ullmark and Minna Tarkka 8th floor big lecture room

19 - late (evening programme)

Sunday, May 30

10-12.30 Plenary, Pop-Jazz conservatory Club room
Espen Aarseth: Do Games Need Narratives? Story as a design problem in spatial discourse
Merja Puustinen & Andy Best: Designing Virtual Worlds
DESIGN SPECIAL: SOB presented by Marita Liulia

12.30-13.30 Lunch Lobby cafe

13.30-16.30 Working group sessions (parallel) 6 & 7, UIAH Media Lab

6 NARRATIVE AND DRAMA New Media Center
*Aki Järvinen: Game Cultures: Digital Texts, Spaces and Games
*Chris Hales: Go Easy on the Narrative
*Kari Jääskeläinen: Development techniques for interactive television formats and genres
*Mika Tuomola: Everyday Objects and Commedia dell'Arte in Designing Dramatic Action for Avatar Worlds

7 CONCEPTS AND SCENARIOS Lecture room
*Lennart Molin: Systems development and multimedia
*Jarmo Parkkinen: Usability of Mobile Multimedia
*Marko Rossow: Media on the Move
*Roope Mokka&Pirkka Åman: Audio Futuro
*Hanna Holm: User diversity and symbolic interactionism

16.30-18 Conclusions and Closing 8th floor big lecture room

19-21 Nordic Faculty Meeting

WORKSHOP VENUES

University of Art and Design Helsinki UIAH / Media Lab.
Hämeentie 135 D, 3rd floor

Pop & Jazz Conservatory. Hämeentie 135 A

Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art. Mannerheiminaukio 2

Entry * Media Lab * Studies * People * Facilities
Media Launch * Beta Lounge * Research * Internal