P3 pulls it all together. You will work in teams of 3 people (from your studio) to combine your skills in design thinking, interaction design, and visual communication and solve a meaningful user need. You will iterate with the studio staff to refine your project's needs, ideas, studies, and prototypes. The project will culminate with an implemented prototype shown off to your adoring fans at the final project fair.
Your team can work on P3 at its own pace from here through the end of the quarter. There are 6 milestones along the way (see below) and a final project submission. You will receive completion points as you pass each milestone. You can continue to iterate and revise throughout the quarter, so your assessment will be delivered with your final submission at the end of the quarter. Between now and then, we will work with you in every studio to coach you toward the best project possible and give you feedback on each milestone.
As you proceed through the milestones, you can submit them via Dropbox before class and by bringing printouts to class to show in studio. You can turn in a milestone at any class studio meeting. As with prior assignments, if you have completed the milestone requirements, you will receive full points. When you submit each milestone, the course staff and your peers will work with you to critique your submission and provide a √-/√/√+ assessment.
There are two reasons why we are using self-paced milestones for this final project. Primarily, in prior iterations of the class, students and instructors often wanted to go back and iterate on milestones before moving on, but a fixed deadline structure made this very difficult. Second, working together with a team to plan and execute a large-scale project over a period of weeks or months is central to design practice.
Below is our recommended timeline for Project 3. These dates are the dates by which we recommend completing each milestone: keep in mind that it may take several iterations of feedback on submissions before you and your team are ready to declare a milestone complete. So aim to submit your first version of each milestone at least one studio day before the deadline you want to hit. Remember that this schedule is a suggestion; we expect that some teams will take more time interating through some of these milestones and less time on others.
Each of the six milestones is worth five points. You will receive five points for completing the assignment satisfactorily, submitting it, and your whole team bringing your sketches to class for feedback.
The final presentation and final submission will be the only parts of the assignment where we assign additional points based on the quality of your work. They are worth 7 points and 23 points respectively, and more detailed rubrics are available on the final presentation and final submission pages.