Prototyping/2025-2026/XPUB2

Compared to last year, prototyping is a bit different this year. Where in the first year prototyping provided you with a lot of input, the second year is all about you processing this input (mixed with other sources of input of course), to find something specific that you would like to focus on this year.

In the beginning of the year, it is quite likely that you do not know exactly yet what this focus point is, and that's oke! ☺ The prototyping classes will support you in this search, in different ways, through:

• prototyping (of course!)
• peer learning
• tutorial support
• public releases

An important note to add is that you can choose to work collectively or individually throughout the whole year, or find a combination of the two. You cannot write a thesis collectively, but you can graduate with a collective research project! Maybe some parts of your prototyping research are done collectively, while other parts are done on your own. Or maybe you and others work on something very specific that is presented within a collective framework at the gradshow. Just find a way of working that works for you!

Another important note to add is that the thesis and the research project can go hand-in-hand! It is up to you how you combine the two, but we recommend to not approach these as two separate things. How can the one feed the other and visa-versa?

The public releases of this year:

• XPUB try-outs night #1: Monday 1 December 2025 @ PZI
• XPUB try-outs night #2: Monday 16 March 2026 @ Leeszaal?
• XPUB gradshow: July? 2026 @ ???

Trimester 1

• mornings (10:00-13:00): peer learning workshops (2x 1.5 hour)
• afternoons (14:00-17:00): tutorials

SESSION 0

Monday 16 September
with Manetta + ?

• morning: Welcome to prototyping season II!
• afternoon: tutorials
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SESSION 1

Monday 23 September
with Manetta

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SESSION 2

Monday 30 September
with ?

SESSION 3

Monday 7 October
with Manetta

SESSION 4

Monday 14 October
with ?

BREAK

Monday 20 October

Vacation: Autumn break

SESSION 5

Monday 27 October
with ?

SESSION 6

Monday 3 November
with Manetta

SESSION 7

Monday 10 November
with ?

SESSION 8

Monday 17 November
with Manetta

SESSION 9

Monday 24 November
with ?

SESSION 10

Monday 1 December
with Manetta + ?

Building up for try-outs night tonight!