We run a series of free intensive courses in creative computing for all UAL students. Designed by us with creative computing experts, these courses are a great way to engage with creative computing practice.
Check out our recent intensives across UAL and follow us on Instagram for updates and to sign up or save your space.
Delivered by Andrew Mallinson (Feminist Internet) and Cami Rincón
This intensive online course was offered as part of Trans Awareness Week at Arts Students' Union and UAL. The outcome was ‘Syb’ - is a voice interface connecting trans and non-binary users to media created by their community. Syb was developed through a participatory design process with a team of trans and non-binary people formed through an open call.
Check out the prototype.
Queering Voice AI: Trans Centred Design
Feminist Internet
Delivered by: Francisco Bernardo
We introduced students to creative AI and Machine Learning (ML) for Design including training datasets and interactive models.
They got hands-on experience in how to apply ML to their own creative projects.
Design with Data and Interactive Machine Learning
Francisco Bernardo
Delivered by: Joel Gethin Lewis
In this week long course, students explored the history of creative computing, learned more about a wide range of artists working in this area and got valuable advice about setting up a studio.
They also gained a working knowledge of p5.js, the Javascript library for creative code on the web.
Computational Thinking with p5.js
Joel Gethin Lewis
Delivered by: Hadeel Ayoub and Helen Leigh
Students learned how to produce wearable technology.
They got first-hand experience in designing, wiring and programming interactive soft circuits for applications of their choice. These covered fashion, art, music, gaming, healthcare and much more.
Inclusive Design in Wearable Technology
Hadeel Ayoub and Helen Leigh
Delivered by: Happy Finish in partnership with the Digital Maker Collective
This course covered the fundamentals of Machine Learning, with the applications and the tools that are used across the creative industry.
The students were encouraged to play with state of the art projects and experience how AI is changing creativity.
Machine Learning for the Creative Industries
Happy Finish
This week-long Apple development intensive course gave participants a working knowledge of Swift, the primary language for developing on the range of Apple platforms - from iOS to macOS to the brand-new Vision Pro spatial computing headset.
Participants learned how to code in Swift and how to use that knowledge to build apps. Machine learning and Augmented reality was also explored.