"Experience Design for Public Spaces" at IxDA Bengaluru Student Chapter Meetup

Thursday August 02, 2012 , 2 min Read

IxDA Student Chapter is a collegiate of students, working under the mentorship of the IxDA Community started at the National Institute of Design, Research & Development Campus, Bangalore. It enables meet ups for students and industry professionals to interact and share experiences as learners of Interaction Design and Practitioners. One of many such events is the IxDA Bangalore Chapter Meet, scheduled on the 4th of August at NID, R&D Campus, Bangalore. Theme for the same, is Experience Design for Public Spaces.The meet includes industry professionals like Sudhindra V (Regional Coordinator - Asia - IxDA, Lead, Experience Design - Sapient Nitro), Archana Prasad (Co-Founder, Jaaga : Public Hacker Space) and Shridhar Pabbisetty (COO - Center for Public Policy, IIM Bangalore). The meet also focuses on a Design Challenge - Design for Play for Public Spaces of tomorrow. Where student teams get to redesign public space experiences by making them more playful. This could be in the form of a product, a service or a system to enhance the space. Interaction Design Association (IxDA) is a global network dedicated to the professional practice of Interaction Design. With over 20,000 members over 120 local groups around the world, the IxDA network intends to improve the human conditions by advancing the discipline of Interaction Design in order to tackle the increasing challenges when it comes to poor experiences.

SCHEDULE

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Opening keynote : Sudhindra V. [ IxDA Regional Co-Ordinator, Asia ]

10:30 AM - 11:15 AM Archana Prasad [ Artist and Co-founder, Jaaga, a public hacker space ]

11:15 AM - 11:30 AM Tea Break

11:30 AM - 12:15 PM Shridhar Pabbisetty [ COO, Center for Public Policy, IIM Bangalore ]

12:15 PM - 1:30 PM

1:30 PM - 4:00 PM Work Presentations on the theme

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM High tea

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Final Pitch of the design challenge

"Designing Playful Experiences in Public Spaces"

VENUE

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DESIGN