Field of studies Interactive Multimedia (studies in English) - Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology (Polsko-Japońska Akademia Technik Komputerowych), PJATK (Warsaw) - Computer Science - Study Bachelor's and Master's in English in Poland

1. On a placement at a creative studio, you’re asked to put together an interactive installation for an exhibition. Where do you start?

With the visitor experience – how they’ll move and what they should feel – and only then pick the visuals, sound and sensors. By choosing some eye-catching graphics. Wait for someone to hand me a ready-made brief.

2. How would you rate your skill set after your Bachelor’s?

I work across several areas – graphics, animation, sound and some coding – and want to go deeper. I know one tool well, and that’s enough for now. I prefer theory to working in software.

3. User testing of your museum app shows visitors are skipping its most important part. What do you do?

Analyse how people use it, redesign the flow and test it again. Add a more prominent button and hope that does the trick. Put it down to careless visitors.

4. At Master’s level you’ll present projects, write documentation and discuss work in English, in teams with creatives from around the world. How do you feel about that?

Great – multimedia is an international field, and different cultural sensibilities make projects richer. I’ll cope, though writing documentation in English will be a challenge. I’d rather study in my own language.

5. How do you get on with a developer and a sound designer on a shared project?

I understand their language well enough to work smoothly together, and I enjoy picking up their skills. I hand over my files and leave the rest to them. I’d rather do everything myself.

6. Do you follow new forms of media – virtual and augmented reality, narrative games, projection mapping?

Yes, I try them out and think about how to use them in my own work. I come across them now and then, but don’t experiment. They don’t interest me.

7. A client wants an interactive campaign, but the budget is tight and the deadline short. What do you do?

Suggest a simpler format that keeps the key experience and agree a clear scope. Promise everything and then work through the night. Turn it down – nothing good can come of it.

8. What kind of Master’s thesis appeals to you most?

An original interactive project combined with research into how people engage with it. A description of existing solutions, without a project of my own. Anything, as long as I finish quickly.

9. Where do you see yourself after graduating?

As an interactive experience designer, a creator of installations and multimedia apps, or leading a creative team. In graphic design, not necessarily interactive. In a job that has nothing to do with media.

10. What motivates you most to pursue a Master’s degree in Interactive Multimedia?

The chance to create ambitious projects that blend image, sound and interaction, and to develop my own creative style. Better prospects in the creative industries. I’m not sure it’s for me

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