Full day workshop Designing Tangibles for Children

Organizers: D. van Dijk (Waag Society, Netherlands), A. Lubsen (Citilab-Cornellá, Spain), A. Schaub (Fablab, Netherlands).

Create interactive prototypes yourself! The workshop Designing Tangibles for Children aims to illustrate the role of prototyping as a strong design methodology. The workshop will bring together experts in the field of design and education for children in a hands-on design session, assisted by a team of (interaction) designers. Prototyping as integral part of the design process helps designers, researchers and other experts to develop new perspectives on a subject. Prototyping stimulates creativity and triggers new research questions. Context of the workshop is the importance of physical play in the development of children. Participants will work in interdisciplinary teams and produce a number of tangible, interactive prototypes geared at children, aged 6 to 8.

More details on the programme will be announced soon. See all workshops at http://www.iua.upf.edu/idc2010/program.htm#workshops