DES320 Design Dialogues 2011 – Introduction and plan

Lecture series: Design Dialogues 2011

Wk 1    Introduction, What is design? What is evocation? – set evocation project

Wk 2    Problem solving drawing

Wk 3    Principles of Design 1

Wk 4    No lecture – working week

Wk 5    How to measure – hand in project 1, set design and build project

Wk 6    Prototyping and models

Wk 7    Drawing is the key – tutorials

Wk 8    Principles of Design 2

Wk 9    Understanding requirements – hand in project 2, set Interaction Design project

Wk 10  Ethnographic design research

Wk 11  Clichés and good tricks

Wk 12  Principles of Design 3

Wk 14 Final hand in

The lectures will run along side three short projects

1. Evocation, thinking and drawing

2. Design, creativity, ambition and building

3. Interaction Design – whats your number?

The marking scheme will be based on performance in the project work with the spread of marks being allocated in the following proportions

10        Attendance

20        Project 1

30        Project 2

40        Project 3

The three projects are designed to promote a deeper understanding of design methods and challanges. The projects will help you develop design skills and will also test your design abilities.