The ability of a designer to understand context; the risks, opportunities and possible outcomes in a design situation based on an understanding of roles, expectations and participant backgrounds. Using this understanding to think ahead about what could happen next.
Case Studies
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Global Design Initiative Workshop
Köln International School of Design Philipp Heidkamp The Global Design Initiative brings together global design education leaders who believe in new approaches in dialogue and exchange. Our project aims to investigate intercultural learning, to understand the use of narrative in design, the use of cultural artefacts, behaviors and places as source material for design intervention.…
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Haptic portrait of the body
Art And Media Education Major 2023 Aalto University Minna Suoniemi In the context of rehearsals with body movement and performative approach. Each student has a large paper of the size of their body taped on the floor. We warm up by feeling the body’s structure: first the bones, then the muscles, then the skin. After…
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Alternative Futures
Hazal Gumus Ciftci Arizona State University ‘Wearable Technologies for Well Being’ is a project for which the students first gather trends and imagine futures, to then set limitations and criteria for design development. The project invites students to critically think about emerging technologies and the future, as students are expected to develop an understanding of…
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Senses and Empathy
Tarmo Karhu Turku University of Applied Sciences, Design Engineering, 1st year In a user-centered design course, students were given an exercise to better understand their experiences of different senses and develop their capacity for empathy. Students were being organized in three-person groups and instructed to plan and visualize a route that takes them around different…
