Submit four bodies of work: a physical device, a set of hybrid drawings, record of process, and presentation slide deck.
1. Physical model or prototype
Produce a physical prototype at 1:1 scale wherever feasible, or a carefully constructed scale model supported by tests or demonstrations of its central operating principle.The prototype or model should demonstrate how the device engages a larger reality, how that relationship becomes sensible, and how a body participates. It need not reproduce every aspect of the proposed experience, but its design and intended operation must be convincing.
Rough materials are welcome; resolved thinking is required. Test the device's central interaction and document what those tests reveal, including limitations, failures, and subsequent design changes.
Photograph and document your model/prototype and include in your digital submission.
2. Hybrid drawings (minimum of 3)
Produce a minimum of three hybrid drawings (A2 or larger) that investigate and communicate the proposal across scales, systems, bodies, and time. Combine appropriate forms of architectural representation - plans, sections, elevations, details, diagrams, sequences, or measured projections - with speculative, experiential, and narrative forms of drawing.These are research and design drawings, not simply illustrations of a completed device. They should reveal how the proposal works, how the encounter unfolds, and what relationships cannot be understood through the physical prototype alone.
Together, the drawings should investigate three relationships:
- Device + larger reality: how the device engages, responds to, or makes some aspect of that reality perceptible across the relevant scales or durations.
- Device + body: how the body encounters the device through posture, gesture, movement, sequence, and sensation.
- Device + protocol of attention in context: where and when the device belongs in contemporary life, how the device is used through a sequence of actions, conditions, or events, including any relevant duration, repetition, or change over time, and what it asks someone to notice differently.
At least one drawing must establish a legible relationship between the body-scale encounter and the larger reality it engages, making visible connections across otherwise disconnected scales, systems, or durations.
3. Process documentation
A digital record (pdf) showing how you got there. Include:- your written answer to what is at stake (300 words maximum)
- research documenting how your chosen reality operates, supported by relevant sources, direct observation, and investigation of material or mechanical precedents.
- concise diagrams that decode your own device to reveal the design principles it deploys and what has been physically tested, simulated, or remains speculative.
- evidence of experimentation and iteration, including sketches, study models, tests, failures, discoveries, and the design decisions that followed.
4. Presentation Slide Deck
Develop a digital slide deck that highlights the key aspects of your proposal and guides your presentation. Slides should be concise, visually compelling, and carefully composed to complement the aesthetic and graphic language of your physical model/prototype and hybrid drawings. Use the presentation to communicate your design intentions, research, process, and discoveries without simply repeating what is already conveyed through the other deliverables.
Submit a digital copy of all proposal deliverables via D2L by November 6 at 11:59 p.m.