ISP: innovation through art & design

Students from all study programs are welcome, even if you think you don’t have any creative or artistic skills!
In this Challenge-Based Learning course you work in interdisciplinary teams, set yout own learning goals, and receive coaching from professionals -artist, designers & scientists.There is budget for guest lecturers, workshops and visits, and there is budget for materials, prototyping & installations.
You learn abstract, conceptual & speculative thinking to prepare for future challenges as an engineer.

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About the course

Studio-style group work

At the start of the course, you choose a project you want to work on, see the challenges for the coming semester below. Design/engineer/code/build, whatever you are good at, or want to become good at. Within your team you can make use of all the different competencies, and everyone can set their own learning goals. Maybe there are things you always wanted to learn, but never had the chance to, like soldering, (aluminum)welding, or trying out digital tools like Rhino 8 or KeyShot. You can use all available workshops, tools, and workspaces at TU/e innovation Space, and you will have easy acces to the TU/e Living Labs.

Schedule & registration

Course 1ZM250 is a semester course in timeslot C (Tue 09:00-12:30 & Fri 13:30-17:00) and starts in Q1 and Q3. The subscription deadlines are similar to the ones of other courses. Registration for this course is possible via Osiris 1ZM250.

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Challenges 2024-2025 Semester 1

You can choose which challenge you want to work on during the course.
At the start of the course the challenges will be pitched, with speed dates and drinks afterwards. This semester you can choose between five different challenges:

AI Booth for AFAS Live
Concert venue AFAS Live in Amsterdam wants to offer their visitors an experience with music. During the course you can explore all kinds of fun interactions that an audience can do in a booth.

This is (not) a clock
The Hidden House of Madame de Berry is a little rabbit hole in Delft, where you can sleepwalk through space and time. They challenge you to design/engineer/prototype a clock that indicates everything but… time. Move beyond atomic time and explore what a clock from a different time universe might look like.

+3 Winning art projects 
We will later announce the three winners of the Amarte Open Call. These artists will also pitch their project at the start of the semester. One project will be about intelligent lighting, one about artificial intelligence, and one project will be open, so a surprise ;).

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More information

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