From 2018 to 2021 I developed and taught a Master’s level course in Physical Interaction Design in the School of Arts, Design and Architecture at Aalto University, Helsinki.

This course aims to explore some of the core tools and critical concepts necessary for building new interactive devices using Bela and the computer music programming language, Pure Data. A version of the course is available online. You can see the final projects the students create at the end of the course on this Teaching Spotlight blog post.

The course was previously taught using Arduino by Koray Tahiroglu

The course aims to give artists, designers, musicians and makers of all types a good grounding in the tools they need to start creating with interactive sound projects, and the confidence to start creating their own projects. It is designed for learners with no previous experience in coding or circuit building, though it’s also great for experienced Pd programmers who want to learn about using Pd to program Bela or expand their hardware knowledge.