Advanced User Interfaces

In this course, students are equipped with the skills to tackle the task of designing and evaluating application interfaces and interaction modes. They gain methodological and technological knowledge essential for navigating the intricacies of innovative technologies and creating groundbreaking solutions.
Moreover, the course encourages a mindset that thinks “outside the box” and emphasizes the significance of understanding user needs and requirements. This user-centric approach is pivotal in unlocking the full potential of novel interactive technologies and effectively addressing associated challenges.

Hypermedia Applications 

The objective of this course is to equip students with the necessary methodological and technical knowledge and skills to systematically and efficiently develop high-quality web-based multi-device hypermedia applications. These applications are designed to seamlessly adapt and function across various devices such as desktop computers, tablets, and smartphones. Through this course, students gain the expertise to create robust and user-friendly web applications that deliver a consistent and exceptional user experience across different platforms.

Interaction Design Studio

The teaching approach focuses on achieving two educational goals: firstly, fostering an understanding of the comprehensive impact of technology and digital platforms on the creation and consumption of products and services; secondly, providing an introduction to methods and tools for analyzing human-machine interaction and designing user experiences for digital communication artifacts.

Final Design Studio

Final Design Studio – Designing Meaningful and desirable Digital Futures is a laboratory course and the final exam of Digital and Interaction Design Master Program in the School of Design at Politecnico di Milano. The course is held by Prof. Marco Ajovalasit, Prof Mariana Ciancia and Mattia Gianotti.
The laboratory provides students with the skills to manage a design research project of a highly innovative future “phygital” product/system solution. Given the sophistication of modern technologies and the complexity of modern social behaviours, it would be simplistic to continue to consider the digital application as a system characterised mostly by the performance of the user. A shift in focus away from “human performance” towards instead “human behaviour” is required. The laboratory combines the Design for Meaning approach with the awareness of the functional and non-functional specifications needed to design, build and test an interactive prototype. It also provides the tools to communicate the intended solution to stakeholders applying the themes of storytelling and audio-visual scenario and experimenting with new and creative modes of expression, narrative and interaction.

Human-Computer Interaction (IOL)

This course aims to highlight the significance of user experience (UX) and its role in modern interactive computer applications, emphasizing effectiveness and user-friendliness. It equips students with methodological and technical tools for analyzing, designing, prototyping, and evaluating interactive systems, focusing on producing a usable, effective, and enjoyable UX. Topics covered include interface evolution, interaction design, user requirement elicitation, prototyping, UX quality factors, usability evaluation, and innovative interaction paradigms and technologies. The course includes case studies and a project, a critical assessment element.