C5.M1 Think-tank: Formulating propositions, drawing abstracts, constructing posters

Course description:

You never know when you're finished with your PhD, until you are able to confidently explain your work in different ways and for different audiences. The proposition forces you to explain yourself in a short sentence for a broad audience; an abstract gives you a longer paragraph for those interested to get in your work; a poster is a great way to illustrate your points in an attended or unattended conference place and finally a complete book makes you put everything in one medium for a very select audience (ie. your committee). In this workshop Think-tank we will help you communicate your research from different perspectives and in different types of media and formats. Moreover, the workshop will help you make tools to think differentlly about your work.

Learning objectives:

Taking part in the workshop will provide participants with:

• A better way to communicate their research in different formats and for different audiences;
• An insight into how the audience perceives the verbal, visual messages;
• The value of communicating research in different ways to define and structure the research.

Teaching method:

The workshop uses the following formats:

• Brief introduction to the value of abstracts, propositions and posters
• Brief discussion of the homework
• Hands-on exercises to help you extract the essence from your research
• Reflection using peer discussion
• Creation of a rough outline for a poster
• Brief presentation of all the work by each student

Course Enrolment

If you would like to enrol in this course, please fill out the "Course Enrolment Form" and e-mail this to graduateschool@remove-this.tudelft.nl. If you would like to take more than one course, please fill out one form per course. Enrolment forms stating more than one course will not be processed.

Please note that:

• Enrolment is on a first-come, first-served basis;
• We will only accept your enrolment if you are able to attend the entire course;
• If the course is already fully booked, we will place you on a waiting list. We will contact you if a space becomes available. In the meantime, we recommend that you check the website regularly to see if a new session has been planned.

About the Lecturer(s)/Coach(es)

Ianus Keller worked as a product designer for 5  years, before starting his PhD at Industrial Design Engineering. In 2005 he finished his PhD on how designers collect visual material entitled "For Inspiration Only". He received a Cum laude on his PhD on a design which included two working prototypes: the TRI setup and Cabinet.
After his PhD he started his own company For Inspiration Only in which he designs, researches and teaches on the field where physical and digital interaction collide with a focus on tools for inspiration. Furthermore he curates the successful series of lectures on the making of interaction design projects.