Felix's Documentation of Teaching at NYUAD

Location: A4-006
Thursday, Sep. 05, 2019, 11:50 – 13:05

1. Attendance
2. Sunday night: Speculative Landscapes exhibition opening!
3. Reminder: We will meet coming Sunday for the laser-cutter introduction in the Advanced Manufacturing Workshop (A5, Esteban Salvemini). Be aware of early start at 8:00 AM! See groups and schedule here.
4. Please reserve the date and RSVP for Michael Schmitz's Generative Design Workshop

• From the water clock to water management…
  • The Shadoof system
  • Norias = Large waterwheels (waterwheel of Hama, Syria ⇒ youtube)
• Archimedes' Screw vs extrusion screw

Short presentation on presentations and Felix's golden rules of how to present.

1. Content is king.
2. Know your hardware.
3. Know your software.
4. Give your presentation a structure.
5. Reduce the number of slides.
6. Time your Talk.
7. Less is more (Use an unobtrusive template design).
8. Use slides as scenery.
9. Remember Conway’s Law…
10. No visual twaddle: Practice design – not decoration.
11. If you show a picture, show it big.
12. Show infographics that are understandable and contain actual information.
13. Never stretch a font. It is all about readability – Typography rules!
14. Never use more than two typefaces.
15. Reduce bullet-point lists where possible.
16. Do not use acronyms.
17. Quote.
18. Use effects or transitions only once and only if necessary.
19. God is in the Details.
20. Break the rules only if you know them.

We will have a look at the mood-boards and will try to identify common areas to team up for projects.