2.00b Toy Product Design
Syllabus
For information about the course and grading policies, see the course info page.
Course Schedule
| Date | Class/Lab Theme | Additional Info | |
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| week 1 | |||
| Feb 6 | Mon | Lecture 1: It's 2.00b! |
association map assignment assigned |
| Feb 7-9 | Tue-Thu | Tutorial: Illustrator and CAD |
signup and setup |
| Feb 8 | Wed | Turn in: Association Map |
due 11:59 PM Upload on website |
| Feb 9-11 | Thu-Sat | meet and greet with personal association map |
Book time on scheduler Zoom |
| Feb 10 | Fri | Lecture 2: ABCs of sketching |
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| week 2 | |||
| Feb 12 | Sun | Team notifications | |
| Feb 13 | Mon | Lecture 3: Team players |
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| Feb 14-16 | Tue-Thu | Lab 1: Pull Toys Care Bears |
Care Bear schedule signup |
| Feb 16-18 | Thu-Sat | Optional: Pull Toy Extra Shop Hours | Signup |
| Feb 17 | Fri | Lecture 4: I get the points & Toober electronics |
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| week 3 | |||
| Feb 20 | Mon | Presidents' Day, student holiday no class |
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| Feb 21 | Tue | Lecture 5: Getting shady & Toober breadboard toolkit |
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| Feb 21-23 | Tue-Thu | Lab 2: Toobers electronics breadboarding |
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| Feb 23-24 | Thu-Fri | Optional: Toobers breadboarding and pull toy office hours | Thu 9AM-12PM, 2-5PM, 7-10PM, Fri 9AM-12PM, Mon 10AM-3PM |
| Feb 24 | Fri | Lecture 6: A themed idea! Plus Toober CAD |
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| week 4 | |||
| Feb 27 | Mon | Lecture 7: Aha! I'm thinking... |
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| Feb 27 | Mon | Turn in: Theme Association Map |
due 11:59 PM |
| Feb 28- Mar 2 |
Tue-Thu | Lab 3: Toy ideas |
deliverable details |
| Mar 2-3 | Thu-Fri | Optional: Toobers CAD office hours | Thu 9AM-12PM, 2-5PM, 7-10PM, Fri 9AM-12PM |
| Mar 3 | Fri | Lecture 8: The (elevator) ride |
Idea Poster specifications Frankenpitch structure |
| Mar 4 | Sat | Turn in: Toobers enclosure submission |
due 11:59 PM |
| week 5 | |||
| Mar 6 | Mon | Lecture 9: Sketch models and play testing |
Playtesting Primer |
| Mar 7-9 | Tue-Thu | Lab 4: Idea selection, posters |
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| Mar 8-10 | Wed-Fri | Pitch practice | Schedule time on scheduler |
| Mar 9 | Thu | Turn in: Toy idea pitch descriptions |
due at midnight Submit on website |
| Mar 9-10 | Thu-Fri | Optional: Pitch poster office hours | Thu 9AM-12PM, 2-5PM, 7-10PM, Fri 9AM-12PM |
| Mar 10 | Fri | Lecture 10: Toy Pitch Presentations! |
logistics results |
| Mar 11 | Sat | Optional: Playtesting prep office hours | 2-5PM |
| week 6 | |||
| Mar 12 | Sun | Discovery Museum (Acton) Poster play testing |
9:00AM-12:30PM; 10:40AM-2:00PM; 12:10PM-3:30PM; 1:40PM-5:00PM |
| Mar 13 | Mon | Lecture 11: A core of foam |
foam core techniques video |
| Mar 14-16 | Tue-Thu | Lab 5: Idea feedback, idea selection |
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| Mar 16-20 | Thu-Mon | foam core/blue foam workshops | in lieu of class on Friday, Mar 17 and 24 |
| Mar 17 | Fri | Lecture 12: The Blues |
online lecture used in blue foam workshop |
| Mar 17 | Fri | No class Compensate for foam core workshop |
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| week 7 | |||
| Mar 20 | Mon | Lecture 13: Form for the ages |
exercise results |
| Mar 21-23 | Tue-Thu | Lab 6: Get ready to play! Sketch modelling and final Toober assembly |
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| Mar 24 | Fri | No class Compensate for blue foam workshop |
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| week 8 | |||
| Mar 27-31 | Spring break | ||
| week 9 | |||
| Apr 3 | Mon | No class Compensate for Sketch Tech workshop |
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| Apr 3-6 | Mon-Thu | Sketch Tech Workshops | Each student signs up for 1 workshop |
| Apr 4-6 | Tue-Thu | Lab 7: Sketch modeling |
Financial officer selection Purchasing guidelines |
| Apr 7 | Fri | No class Work on sketch models |
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| week 10 | |||
| Apr 9 | Sun | Optional tutorial: Plushies Part 1: Plushie design | 12-2 PM, 3-370 |
| Apr 10 | Mon | Lecture 14: Plastics | plastics quiz |
| Apr 11-13 | Tue-Thu | Lab 8: Sketch modeling |
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| Apr 11-13 | Tue-Thu | Turn in: Sketch model submissions |
submit as team in lab Upload on website |
| Apr 13 | Thu | Lecture 15: Sketch model presentation (1 of 2) 7:15-8:45 PM in 35-225 |
logistics results feedback (class-only) |
| Apr 14 | Fri | Lecture 16: Sketch model presentation (2 of 2) 2:30-4:00 PM in 10-250 |
logistics results feedback (class-only) |
| week 11 | |||
| Apr 17 | Mon | Patriot's Day, student holiday |
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| Apr 18 | Tue | Lecture 17: Finishing |
online lecture |
| Apr 18-20 | Tue-Thu | Lab 9: Sketch model discussion |
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| Apr 21 | Fri | No class Compensate for play testing |
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| Apr 22 | Sat | Optional tutorial: Plushies Part 2: Plushie fabrication, sewing | |
| week 12 | |||
| Apr 23 | Sun | Discovery Museum (Acton) Sketch model play testing |
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| Apr 24 | Mon | Lecture 18: Narrative design |
storyboard templates |
| Apr 25-27 | Tue-Thu | Lab 10: Detail designing and prototyping Team video shoots Quick design check-in |
Don't wear green! |
| Apr 28 | Fri | Work time! Team video makeups Initial presentation idea feedback |
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| week 13 | |||
| May 1 | Mon | Work time! Initial presentation idea feedback |
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| May 2-4 | Tue-Thu | Lab 11: Design Reviews Prototyping, presentation designing |
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| May 5 | Fri | PLAYsentation Presentation Consultation | 1-6 PM |
| May 5 | Fri | Turn in: Presentation props/costumes requests |
form |
| week 14 | |||
| May 8 | Mon | Lecture 19: |
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| May 9-11 | Tue-Thu | Lab 12: Presentation prep and final prototyping |
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| May 12 | Fri | No class Compensate for presentation practice sessions |
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| week 15 | |||
| May 14 | Sun | Presentation practice sessions | Teams will schedule time |
| May 15 | Mon | No class |
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| May 15 | Mon | PLAYsentations | 7:00 PM rain date Tue |
| No Labs | |||