Understanding Design

Module 1- An Introduction to Design

 Module Description

1.2 LEC 1:An Introduction to Design

1.3 LEC 2:The many notions of design

1.4 LEC 3:Design as a process and a product

1.5 ALM1: Why Design Matters

1.6 ALM 2: Design Matters- Doing better with Less

1.7 LEC 4:The evolution of design

1.8 LEC 5:Design engages with many disciplines

1.9 LEC 6:Design is concerned with the use

10 LEC 7:Good design, bad design

1.11 Reference Material

1.12 Assignment- module1

Module 2- Users and Context

2.1 Module Description

2.2 LEC 1: Users and Contexts

2.3 ALM 1: User Centered Design- Don Norman

2.4 LEC 2: Multiple users, differing contexts

2.5 ALM 2: Lucky Iron Fish: A simple solution for a global problem

2.8 LEC 4: Design for a meaningful impact

2.9 Reference Material

2.10 Assignment-Module2

Module 3-Design and Society

3.1 Module Description

3.2 LEC 1: Design and Society

3.3 ALM 1:Living Root Bridges of Meghalaya

3.4 LEC 2: Community and Collaboration

3.5 ALM 2: In the Forest Hangs a Bridge

3.6 LEC 3: Understanding Contexts

3.8 ALM 3: The new bionics that let us run, climb and dance

3.9 LEC 5: Meeting Needs: Necessity or Luxury?

3.10 LEC 6: Function, Context and Consequences

3.11 Reference Material

3.12 Assignment-Module3

Module 4 - Design and Sustainability

4.1 Module Description

4.2 LEC 1: Design & Sustainability

4.3 ALM 1: The Story of Stuff

4.4 LEC 2: The cost of looking the other way

4.5 ALM 2: Sir Terry Leahy: Lean Thinking

4.6 LEC 3: Sustainability practices in daily life

4.7 LEC 4: The perspective of engineering

4.8 LEC 5: Understanding embodied energy

4.9 LEC 6: The user’s role in sustainability

4.10 LEC 7: Framing the world’s future

4.11 Reference Material

4.12 Assignment-Module4

Module 5 - Design and Industry

5.1 Module Description

5.2 LEC 1: Design & industry

5.3 LEC 2: Understanding varied user needs

5.4 ALM 1: Objectified: Smart Design OXO Good Grips Story

5.5 LEC 3: Success through new materials and manufacturing

5.6 LEC 4: Pushing the boundaries of mass production

5.7 ALM 2: In The Beginning Was The Bentwood Chair

5.8 LEC 5: A Classic chair for all times

5.9 LEC 6: Breaking familiar assumptions

5.10 Reference Material

5.11 Assignment- module 5

Module 6 - Design and collaboration

6.1 Module Description

6.2 LEC 1: Design & Collaboration

6.3 ALM 1: Pixar 2014 The Power of Teamwork Short Film

6.4 LEC 2: Team work

6.5 ALM 2: Assistive Technology Design Collaboration

6.6 LEC 3: Collaborating with unlikely partners

6.7 ALM 3: Weidner Architectural Signage - Design Build Collaboration Case

6.8 LEC 4: Principles of collaboration

6.9 ALM 4: Cultivating Collaboration

6.10 LEC 5: Design thinking

6.11 ALM 5: Design Thinking Ideation, Experimentation, Prototyping and Test

6.12 LEC 6: Feedback and assessment

6.13 Reference Material

6.14 Assignment- module 6

Module 7 - Innovation by Design

7.1 Module Description

7.2 LEC 1: Innovation by Design

7.3 LEC 2: Facilitating the reach of a traditional craft

7.4 LEC 3: Pitfalls of innovation

7.5 ALM 1: Jaipur Foot

7.6 LEC 4: The seven concerns of innovation

7.7 LEC 5: From a concern to a palki

7.8 ALM 2: Out of Poverty: Paul Polak on Practical Problem Solving

7.9 LEC 6: A little design goes a long way

7.10 Reference Material

7.11 Assignment- module 7