CCND271:
Design as Inquiry
Course Coordinator: Margaret Maile Petty critical information: [where and when to find me] 4.10 Wigan [behind media lab] office hours: Mon. 10am-11:30am [or by appointment]
CCDN217: tutors Kath Foster // Nan O’Sullivan // Jason Petty office hours: by appointment [don’t be afraid to contact your tutors for help or guidance]
CCDN217: essential information
www.designasinquiry.blogspot.com * you can also follow updates on Twitter @designasinquiry
[design as inquiry]
SPYMAKER, 2006/07
[affirmative / critical design] Dunne & Raby Design Interactions, RCA
SPYMAKER, 2006/07
affirmative design
critical design
TECHNOLOGICAL DREAMS SERIES: NO.1, ROBOTS, 2007
CCDN271: lecture, tutorial, reading, thinking + writing
assignment one [15%]:
annotated bibliography
assignment one [15%]:
annotated bibliography assignment two [20%]:
abstract
assignment one [15%]:
annotated bibliography assignment two [20%]:
abstract assignment three [20%]:
case study
assignment one [15%]:
annotated bibliography assignment two [20%]:
abstract assignment three [20%]:
case study assignment four [25%]:
research paper_draft
assignment one [15%]:
annotated bibliography assignment two [20%]:
abstract assignment three [20%]:
case study assignment four [25%]:
research paper_draft assignment five [15%]:
research paper_revised
attendance + participation [5%]
? what is design
“Design is to design a design to produce a design.� John Heskett, Toothpicks&Logos: design and everyday life, 2002
“Design is to design a design to produce a design.� John Heskett, Toothpicks&Logos: design and everyday life, 2002
“Design is to design a design to produce a design.� John Heskett, Toothpicks&Logos: design and everyday life, 2002
“Design is to design a design to produce a design.� John Heskett, Toothpicks&Logos: design and everyday life, 2002
“Design is to design a design to produce a design.� John Heskett, Toothpicks&Logos: design and everyday life, 2002
? what is design
Raymond Loewy locomotive design, ca. 1930s; Normal Bel Geddes, Futurama, New York World’s Fair, 1939
Henry Dreyfuss, Designing for People, 1955; Walter Dorwin Teague, “Nocturne" radio, 1936
IBM mainframes, ca. 1960s;Atari 2600, ca.1977
? what is design ^ critical
Dream Ball unplug design studio
Dream Ball unplug design studio
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design shapes our world
Section one [scale: individual, personal] week 1: design as inquiry [introduction] week 2: tools of investigation** week 3: the everyday [interrogating the obvious]
[scale: individual, personal]
week 1: design as inquiry [introduction]
[scale: individual, personal]
week 3: the everyday [interrogating the obvious]
Section two [scale: surface, symbolic] week 4: manufacturing aura [steampunk + e-baroque] week 5: information as ideology [critical visualization] week 6: research paper 101**
Jake von Slatt, Steampunk Workshop, 2009
[scale: surface, symbolic]
week 4: manufacturing aura [steampunk + e-baroque]
[scale: surface, symbolic]
week 5: information as ideology [critical visualization]
Section three [scale: collective, swarm] week 7: emergence [swarm intelligence + bottom-up design] week 8-9: break week 10: morphogenesis [generative form] week 11: critical mass
[scale: collective, swarm]
week 7: emergence [swarm intelligence + bottomup design]
[process3c: Tetrahedron]
week 10: morphogenesis [generative form]
[scale: collective, swarm]
[scale: collective, swarm]
week 11: critical mass [ making material quality in digital space]
Section four [scale: social, ethical, political] week 12: audio-visual culture week 13: massive change week 14: design4theOther90%
[scale: social, political]
week 12: audio-visual culture
Google RechargeIT programme
[scale: social, political]
week 13: massive change [design thinking + the business of design]
[scale: social, political]
week 14: design4theother90%
assignment one [15%]:
annotated bibliography
DUE: Fri. 18 March
research topic
???
research topic
strategies • review readings or themes from DSDN171 • brainstorm • check out the new books in the library • find a journal of interest and browse for ideas • browse an appealing subject area in the library • visit your favourite design (or design related) websites and blogs • talk to your friends, tutors, or me…
research topic ** for next week, Wed. 9 March bring your topic and one relevant reference to lecture