We held the kickoff meeting for this fall's Mozilla Design Challenge last Thursday night up at Design Lab 1 (or DL1 as we say) on North campus. 26 SI students came to eat some pizza courtesy of Mozilla, sketch ideas relating to browsing history, and then work in small groups to further brainstorm, develop, and whiteboard ideas. The evening was super fun and stimulating, and it was a great chance for HCI types from different years to get to know one another a little better. Jeremy captured some great pictures throughout the evening - check them out on flickr.
Students will now work individually or in groups to develop their ideas a bit further; the next check-in point for the challenge will be on Thursday, October 8th in the DL1 at HCI show and tell. This will be a chance to show off progress and get some feedback from peers.
The challenge will officially end somewhere right around Halloween, and students will submit their designs at that point. The goal is to submit a short video explaining the concept, although some students might take it to the next level and create an animation or prototype. We are really looking forward to seeing what people come up with!
If you missed the first event but want to get on the email list for this challenge, just write sochi-officers@umich.edu.
