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Computer Related Design
Royal College of Art
Kensington Gore
London SW7 2EU, UK
+44 171 590 4292
g.crampton-smith@rca.ac.uk
Dan Boyarski
Department of Design
MMCH 110
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
+1 412 268 6842
dan@andrew.cmu.edu
© 1997 Copyright on this material is held by the authors.
The presentations are always live ly and are an opportunity to see the wide range of work going on in College studios today. They are also an opportunity for talent spotting!
At the first CHI conference attended by the Royal College of Art in Seattle, there was also a poster presented by faculty and students from the Design program at Carnegie Mellon University, and so the first connections were made between the two programs. We hope if this SIG is a success that other schools may join in future years. We'd like this to be a regular opportunity for students to present their work at CHI.
The Computer Related Design program brings together artists and designers from a wide range of disciplines with psychologists and engineers, to apply traditional design knowledge and skills to the design of interactive systems and installations. The program is particularly known for its emphasis on the interaction between hardware and software elements of the interface and its development of new uses of interactivity. Graduates of the program work for companies worldwide, many in the USA.
The program also has a research group of ten sponsored researchers; Interval Research Corporation is the major sponsor, recently joined by Apple Computer, LG Electronics, and Japan Airlines.
The program provides a balanced integration of theory, practice, and production, with access to advanced technologies throughout the period of study. There is also a balance of collaborative work and individual exploration, with some sponsored projects for NCR, Apple Computer, Texas Instruments, Interval Research Corporation, and Samsung. The goal of the program is to prepare students for advanced levels of professional employment in the growing field of interaction design.
There will be the opportunity for discussion with individual students in a breakout room afterwards; individual students may organize showings of their work in more depth in the informal demo rooms, as well.
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