| CODE | DGA1012 | ||||||||||||||||
| TITLE | Introduction to Design Thinking | ||||||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Digital Arts | ||||||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | The students will be introduced to the context and the dynamics of design thinking. Through hands-on exercises in class the students will learn how to put design thinking into practice. They will work on a critical design path from the definition of the design problem up to possible outcomes for the identified problem. Along the line they will be challenged to reflect on every aspect of the design process and on ethical issues related to it. Thus through theory and practice the students will learn to implement critical design thinking into their day-to-day work as digital designers. Study-Unit Aims: This study-unit aims to equip students with the skills necessary to understand and analyze the contextual, cultural, ethical, aesthetic, intellectual, and technical components involved in design and design processes. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will: - Be able to see design in context. - Be able to analyze the contextual, cultural, ethical, aesthetic, intellectual, and technical components involved in design and design processes. - Be able to critically reflect on the design process. - Become aware of the ethical, social, and economic issues related to (digital) design. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Contextualise design. - Set up a critical design process. - Determine the nature and extent of creative tools to implement in the development of a design project. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Texts: - Ambrose, G. & Harris P. (2010) Bascis Design: Design Thinking, ava academics, Worthing/Sussex. - Cross, N. (2011) Design Thinking - understanding how designers think and work, Berg, Oxford/New York. Supplementary Readings: - Brown, T. (2009) Design Thinking, Harvard Bussiness Review, pp. 84-92. - Brown T. & Wyatt J. (2010) Design Thinking for social innovation, Stanford innovation review, pp. 30-35. - Brown T. & Katz B. (2011) Change by Design, Journal of Product Innovation Management, Wiley, pp 381-383. - Cross, N. (2001) Designerly ways of knowing, MIT, pp. 49-55. - Ingle, B. (2013) Design Thinking for Entrepreneurs and Small Businesses, A Press. - Kolko, J. (2015) Design Thinking Comes of Age, Harvard Business Review, pp.66-71. - Lupton, E. & Cole Philips, J. (2008) Graphic Design Thinking - How to define Problems, Get Ideas and Create Form, Princeton Architectural Press, New York. - Parsons, G. (2016) The Philosophy of Design, Polity, Cambridge/Malden. - Rodgers, P. A & Winton E. (2010) Design Thinking - a critical analysis, International conference on engineering and product design education, Norway. A reader will be made available via VLE. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Caldon Mercieca |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2024/5. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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