Class 12 – Designing Interaction
Class 13 – Project Production

Additional Resources

Reading:

• The Future of Design: when you come to a fork, take it

Videos:

• Video: Norman Doors (shown in class)
• Video: Objectified (from Lynda platform)
• Rapid Prototyping
• Usability Testing of Fruit

Class 10 – Visual Communication: 2D
Class 11 – Visual Communication: 3D

Additional Resources

Readings:

• How to Make Almost Anything: The Digital Fabrication Revolution by Neil Gershenfeld.
• Why Do We Need Digital Fabrication Labs in Schools? (Page 6)

Tutorials:

• Lynda.com: Illustrator Training and Tutorials
• Illustrator Workshop
• Illustrator template for laser cut

Vector and Software Resources:

• The Noun Project: https://thenounproject.com/
• Free Vectors: http://www.freepik.com/
• Box Templates
• Maker Case
• Free Fonts
• WTF: What The Font?
• Thingiverse

Software:

• Adobe Illustrator
• Tinkercad

IMA resources:

• IMA Laser Cutter Illustrator Template
• IMA Laser cutter information
• Make an appointment to use the Laser Cutter or get help with 3D Printing

Class 9 – DC Motor Control (Direction) / Stepper Motor Control and High Current Loads

Additional Resources

• Nobumichi Tosa Interview: making nonsense machines
• ART + Science NOW, Stephen Wilson (Kinetics chapter)
• Karakuri by Keisuke Saka. Chapter 2: How Karakuri Works
• Kazuyuki Motoyama – Paper Mechanisms
• Rob Ives – Mechanism animations
• Papier Machine
• Mechanical Toys
• Cabaret Mechanical Theater

Class 7 – Project Planning
Class 8 – DC Motor Control (Speed)

Additional Resources

• Physical Computing’s Greatest Hits (and misses) by Tom Igoe
• A Brief Rant on the Future of Interaction Design by Bret Victor
• Responses: A Brief Rant on the Future of Interaction Design by Bret Victor
• Field Guide to Human Centered Design, IDEO (pages 9 to 25)

• Transistors, Relays, and Controlling High Current Loads

• DC Motors: The Basics
• Making Things Move“ by Dustyn Roberts (link to Bobcat) Chapter 6

Class 1 – Introduction & Interaction
Class 2 – Electricity & Electronics

Mandatory Readings

• The Art of Interactive Design, Crawford (pages 1-5)

Additional Resources

• Video: Zach Lieberman: Interactive Art
• Electricity: The Basics
• Understanding the Breadboard
• Getting Started in Electronics (pages 6 – 21)
• Crash Course in Solders by Nick Sanchez

Class 3 – Microcontrollers & Arduino
Class 4 – Digital & Analog Inputs & Outputs

Mandatory Readings

• Physical Computing – Introduction, O’Sullivan and Igoe
• Physical Computing’s Greatest Hits (and misses) by Tom Igoe

Additional Resources

• Download Arduino IDE arduino.cc
• Microcontrollers: The Basics
• Digital Input & Output
• Analog Input
• Analog Output
• Getting Started with Arduino
• Chapter 1 – Introduction
• Chapter 2 – The Arduino Way
• Chapter 3 – The Arduino Platform
• Chapter 4 – Really Getting Started with Arduino
• Chapter 5 – Advanced Input and Output
• Learn electronics with Arduino : an illustrated beginner’s guide to physical computing

Class 3 – Iterations, Conditionals and Variables
Class 4 – Sensors and Actuators (Servos)

Mandatory Readings

• Language of New Media, Lev Manovich (pages 27 – 48)
• Making Interactive Art: Set the Stage, Then Shut Up and Listenby Tom Igoe

Additional Resources

• Variables
• Physicality, Tom Igoe
• Programming Terms and Programming Environments
• ART + Science NOW, Stephen Wilson (Algorithm chapter)
• Paul Ford: What is code?
• Arduino Reference: Servo library


• Make: Arduino’s Servo Library: Angles, Microseconds, and “Optional” Parameters
• Arduino Reference: Transistor Motor Control
• Programming Terms and Programming Environments