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Sketching Sonic Interaction Design

SID Workshop at HIT, Holon Institute of Technology, Israel

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November 16th, 2009

(followed by SID Management Committee Meeting on November 17th, 2009)

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Introduction

Sonic Interaction Design (SID) is the discipline that investigates the use of sound in interactive experiences. As technologies become more miniaturized and embedded, and their users more mobile, interactive sound becomes increasingly important. The experiences offered by sonic interactions need to be effectively and beautifully designed.

Sketching is a fundamental part of the design process. Designers sketch ideas for objects, spaces, interactions, experiences. Bill Buxton's recent book, “Sketching User Experiences”, has laid out a palette of methods for sketching interactive experiences, that involve different forms of “visual storytelling”.

But how do we sketch when designing sonic interactions? This is the question at the core of this workshop. What is the equivalent for paper and pen when we come to design interactions that use sound as a main output?

A central topic in this workshop will be the use of the voice – vocal sketching – as one means of sketching sonic interactions. Can the voice for sound designers play a similar role as that played by the hand for the graphic designer? how can, and how do, people use their voice in the initial stages of designing sonic interactions?

Paper "Using Vocal Sketching for Designing Sonic Interactions", authors, Inger Ekman and Michal Rinott  downloadable here

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Workshop Structure

When	What	Who	Affiliation
9:00	Gathering & Morning Coffee
9:30	Welcome	Davide Rocchesso	IUAV Venice
9:45	Sonic Sketching - An introduction	Michal Rinott	Holon Institute of Technology
10:00	Anatomy of a Sketch	Luka Or	Holon Institute of Technology
10:30	Conducting as Sketching	Itai Talgam
11:00	Coffee Break & Interaction Lab visit
11:30	Sketching Sonic Interactions	Hosts: Inger Ekman; Michal Rinott	Center for Knowledge and Innovation Research, Helsinki School of Economics; HIT
13:15	Lunch
14:45	POSTER: Why and how do we vocally imitate sounds?	Guillaume Lemaitre, Arnaud Dessein, Karine Aura, Patrick Susini	Ircam - Equipe Perception et Design Sonores
15:00	POSTER: Using the Voice in Participatory Methods for SID	Karmen Franinovic	Interaction Design, Zurich University of the Arts
15:15	POSTER: "Of Course I'm Angry!" - Spelling Out the Emotional Message	Noam Amir	Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University
15:30	DEMO: Sketching with the Sound Design Toolkit	Stefano Delle Monache and Davide Rocchesso, Stefano Papetti and Pietro Polotti	IUAV University of Venice, Universita di Verona
15:45	DEMO: Interpreting EEG by voice: Vocal EEG Sonification	Thomas Hermann	Ambient Intelligence Group, CITEC, Bielefeld University
16:00	DEMO: Real-time Methods for Sound Design Using Vocal Sketching	Loic Kessous
16:15	Demos & Coffee Break
16:45	Playing With Singing-Driven Interfaces: Vocal Interaction For Sound Synthesis Applications	Jordi Janer	Music Technology Group, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona
17:15	Discussion
18:00	End of workshop

Questions?

sketchingsid@cost-sid.org