Week 1: Lecture What is Design by Ricardo Sosa
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The document outlines the introductory course details for 'DECO1006 and DECO2016' at the University of Sydney, including key learning outcomes focused on human-centered design and creative ideation. It provides information about assessments, course logistics, and emphasizes the importance of recognizing indigenous perspectives in design education. Additionally, it encourages students to explore design's impact in various contexts and engage in collaborative learning experiences.
Week 1: Lecture What is Design by Ricardo Sosa
- 1. CRICOS 00026A TEQSA PRV12057 DECO1006 Design Process and Methods DECO2016 Design Thinking Dr Lian Loke Dr Ricardo Sosa https://design.sydney.edu.au
- 2. Week 1 : “Intro to Design” DECO1006 + DECO2016 19 Feb
- 3. The University of Sydney’s Camperdown Campus sits on the unceded lands of the Gadigal people. We recognise and pay respect to the Elders and communities of these lands. Our journey is to decolonise design education in ways that value and build on Aboriginal past, present, and better futures for all. “Always Was, Always Will Be”
- 4. Housekeeping • Health & Safety sydney.edu.au/emergency • Safer communities: Call 1800 SYD HLP • Course site canvas.sydney.edu.au • Unit Schedule • Learning Outcomes & Assessments • Teaching Team • Semester stages • Weekly content: prep, lecture, tutorial, “go deeper”
- 5. First Year Experience • sydney.edu.au/students/home • ADP First Year Coordinator Dr Pranita Shrestha adp.first-year- coordinator@sydney.edu.au • Check your student email • Visit sydney.edu.au/covid-19 • Stay at home if you are unwell, get tested • Cough or sneeze into your elbow or tissue • Wash hands regularly
- 7. Learning Outcomes EFT 1: Video 2: Poster 3: Visual Report LO1. appreciate the principles and methodology of human-centred design approach ● LO2. engage in research inquiry to identify the need for a design ● LO3. show imagination and competence in design ideation ● ● LO4. communicate information, ideas and proposals visually ● ● LO5. evaluate new design ideas and proposals ● LO6. reflect upon and critique design proposals from ethical principles ●
- 8. Early Formative Task Due: Wed 06 March (mid W3) Formative Format: one image + one paragraph Mode: Individual Assessment 1: Video Due: Week 5, Friday 22 March 20 points Format: short video + transcript Mode: Individual Assessment 2: Poster Due: Week 9, Friday 26 April 40 points Format: A poster (draft and final) Mode: Individual Assessment 3: Visual Report Due: Week 15 40 points Format: A visual report (10-page template) Mode: Individual Assessments: Sem 1, 2024
- 9. Unit Map: Stage 0
- 10. Early Feedback Task • Assessment 0 is a “Design Deep Dive” • Experiential learning: first two weeks • Focus is on imagination and ideation • Due: Wed 06 March (end of day) • Formative, individual How would you celebrate a birthday in a radically new way?
- 11. Status Quo: duckduckgo.com images: “Birthday”
- 12. Early Feedback Task “A radically new way to celebrate a birthday” • Create a drawing (simple hand sketch, photograph or diagram) with annotations (labels, explanations) • Write a short (150-word) paragraph explaining your idea
- 13. Week 1 : Lecture “Intro to Design” DECO1006 + DECO2016 19 Feb
- 14. Main ideas today 1. Design is a mix of many things 2. Design is all around us 3. Design has consequences 4. Design skills are valuable 5. Design as business, government strategy 6. We are all creative!
- 15. What is Design? A mix of: • Art & Science • Technology & Humans • Quantitative & Qualitative • Divergent & Convergent • Local & Global • Revolutionary & Evolutionary • Inspiration & Perspiration • Expression & Service • Aesthetic & Useful • Everyday & Extraordinary
- 21. Why I spent 3 years working on a coat hanger https://youtu.be/vREokZa4dNU?t=30 Coat Hingers – Foldable Coat Hangers Created by Simone Giertz 4,099 backers pledged $569,523 to help bring this project to life. Last updated December 19, 2023
- 22. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mars-helicopter-ingenuity-nasa-readies-first-flight/
- 23. Design is all around us https://www.suck.uk.com/
- 29. https://www.design.org.au/disciplines Emerging design areas: • UX, CX, interaction design • Participatory, co-design • Biodesign • Service design • Design justice • Design fiction • Indigenous design • Decolonial design • AI, creative technologies • Human-Robot Interaction • Post-humanism • …
- 30. • We are curious, creative, and critical thinkers • We embed practice-based research methods and making • We re-imagine the designers of tomorrow • We contribute to positive change in the world
- 32. •Drivers are 10 times more at risk of crashing if they are on their mobile phone •1/3 of drivers admit to using their phone illegally while driving •1/3 of pedestrians admit to looking at their phone while crossing the road •Taking your eyes off the road for two seconds or more doubles your crash risk. https://www.tac.vic.gov.au/road-safety/staying-safe/distracted- driving/the-facts-distractions-and-driving
- 35. Design skills are valuable https://www.seek.com.au
- 39. Design Specialists Educated and trained in design, for example, as product designers or architects. Design Integrators Designers who have skills that go beyond the technical design domains Design Multipliers Advocates of design who are specialists in a non- design domain. They can apply design in their domain of work. Designpreneurs Owners or business developers of design products or brands who balance design sensibilities with strong business acumen. https://www.designsingapore.org/resources/design-education-review-committee-report.html
- 40. WRONG (We use the whole brain to be creative) We are all creative!
- 41. What is Design to you?
- 42. Week 1 : Activity “Intro to Design” DECO1006 + DECO2016 19 Feb
- 43. Class activity
- 44. Week 1 : What next “Intro to Design” DECO1006 + DECO2016 19 Feb
- 45. Week 1 Tutorial • Introductions • Design Deep Dive: Birthdays • Early Feedback Task: goals, deliverables, deadline • “Intersectional Me”: your approach to Design • “My Design Heroes”: your values, goals If you DO NOT have a tutorial class allocated in your timetable, please let the coordinators know now.
- 46. “Go deeper” Week 1 • Get to know your tutors, classmates, the uni • Check the course website (Canvas) • Have fun tackling the Design Deep Dive • “How might design apply to me?” • What design jobs will exist by 2040?
- 47. “The creative process is often more important than the final product itself. Often, you learn far more through informal conversations with classmates than in the final critique.” “I want a class project to make me scared. I need it to go beyond my safety zone and force me to suspend my feeling of security and disbelief. I want the class project to make a difference. It has to be personal.” “What is the most significant aspect of a class project? All you can learn from the various stages—not necessarily the final result itself, but the whole process that leads to it.” “The personal success of the project was the result of this new method of research providing me the opportunity to think in a new way”