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Raphaela Pichler photographer and co-founder of house of change, is currently pursuing a Master’s in Digital Ideation at HSLU. Her research explores AI image generation, identity, and visual culture, focusing on self-representation and self-perception. She critically examines how AI is trained on specific datasets that reflect human biases and values; biases that inevitably shape the images AI produces. As AI-generated visuals become more realistic, distinguishing them from actual photographs is becoming increasingly difficult. Photographs have long been seen as a reflection of reality, capturing moments that truly happened. But when AI-generated images are perceived with the same sense of authenticity, what does that mean for our understanding of truth?

✨ Symposium Master Design - Change Agents ✨ 📅 March 26th (from 9:30) 📍 Atelier 314, HSLU Get ready for an inspiring day filled with exciting sessions: 🎨 Faculty breakouts exploring diverse design fields 💡 Keynotes on starting your own business, finding jobs, and building organisations ⚡ Pecha Kucha with our talented alumni 🎤 Speakers include Monica Ray Scott (UX Design Manager at Red Cross International); Björn Müller (Director of social innovation programme “Future Urban Society”; Gregor Finger (Co-Founder & CEO at Ordinary Objects) and more. And don’t miss the apero and DJ session (16:30) for networking! #Symposium #MasterDesign #ChangeAgents #DesignInnovation #UXDesign #SocialInnovation #CreativeFuture #HSLU

🚀Master Project Sneak Peek – “Beyond Sight: Navigating the Unseen Way”, by Selina Joëlle Finsler from Service Design 🧐 With public transport remaining a challenge for visually impaired travelers, Beyond Sight introduces three key interventions: 1️⃣ Personalised onboarding in the SBB Inclusive App, 2️⃣ Tactile maps for at-home preparation, and 3️⃣ AI-powered real-time navigation for stress-free guidance. 🚝By assisting transport providers in improving accessibility, Beyond Sight aims to empower visually impaired travelers to gain greater independence and remove barriers to everyday travel. 👉 Swipe to learn more! 👀

🚀 Master Project Sneak Peek – Starting this week, we’re showcasing the graduation projects of our master’s students! Kicking off with GD Codex Algorithm by Pietro Peduzzi from Digital Ideation. 🎮✨With „AI“ becoming an overused buzzword, Pietro notices that it’s getting harder to find and research real game design algorithms. His solution? A virtual archive of game design AI system which help developers learn and make effective decision. Specialising in game design and digital products, Pietro has plans for his project: “I plan to update the website so developers can easily add their own systems to the archive, with clear examples to guide them. Working with established groups will help reach more game designers. Resulting feedback will drive improvements and highlight useful features.”

Hats off to the exciting presentations from first-year Master design students about their thesis projects!👏🏻👏🏻 From game design and mental well-being to sustainability and the intersection of AI and creativity, the range of ideas was truly inspiring.💡Can’t wait to see how these projects evolve! 🚀 🤩And don’t miss the prototype exhibition and the master thesis presentations by the second-year students! The exhibition kicks off today, while the presentations begin tomorrow and run through Thursday. #hslu #hslumasterdesign #design #aiandcreativity #sustainabilityb

AI for personal and design coaching? In the last coaching notes episode of 2024, Andy Polaine, Tetyana Kalyuzhna and Daniele Catalanotto explore how AI is used by Service Design learners to complement their human coaching sessions. A big thank you to Tetyana Kalyuzhna for sharing her explorations of AI as a Service Design learner. #servicedesign

📣 Guest Lecture Alert! 🚀 ✨ Jeanine Spence: Facets—Embracing Nuance and Context to Understand Users ✨ 📅 Date: Tuesday, December 10, 2024 ⏰ Time: 16:00 CET 📍 Location: Atelier 314 or Zoom 💡 What are Facets? Facets explore the range of behaviors, attitudes, and skills that influence user success (or struggles) when interacting with products. Unlike traditional personas, Facets offer a more nuanced, context-driven understanding of users. 🎓 About Jeanine Spence: With experience on both the engineering and design sides of software development at Microsoft, Jeanine bridges vision and execution to create unique user experiences. She is also the lead author of the Customer Experience Capability Model, a strategic framework that helps teams assess and grow their skills to deliver exceptional results.

How can you make networking a less awkward thing when you are a designer? During today's session of the Innovator Module, Daniele Catalanotto shared stories and lessons from his approach in mini workshop called "Networking for Introverts". In addition to the inputs and stories, each learner reflected on his own approach to networking using the one page "Alternative Networking Canva". The Innovator Module is lead by Karin Fink and offers Design practitioners and learners practical experiences, reflection times and inputs on how diverse people create networks around their design projects.

🤩Don’t miss the joint lecture by Kristel Van Ael and Clive Grinyer! 📅 Date: 2.12 (13:00-14:00) 📍 Location: Ateiler 314 & Zoom 1️⃣Beyond the surface: how the Systemic Design Methodology came to life Hear from Kristel as she shares her journey into systems thinking! What started as feeling lost has evolved into a deep appreciation for complexity. This exploration has shaped a methodology and toolkit, culminating in the creation of Design Journeys Through Complex Systems, co-authored with Dr. Peter Jones. 📚✨ 2️⃣Project Love – a route towards design activism Professor Clive Grinyer, former Head of Service Design at RCA London, has led design teams at Samsung, Orange, Cisco, and Barclays, and co-founded the design consultancy Tangerine with Jony Ive. He’s also a strategic advisor to Bosch and runs executive education courses with top companies. His book Redesigning Thinking will be published early next year! 📚✨

How do you turn a lot of research data into a useful and visual synthesis? That’s what the first year #servicedesign learners explored in the latest session in the “Service Design Basics” series facilitated by Daniele Catalanotto. Want to have a sneak peek into that day? Explore the blog article linked in the comments.