Class Info

  • Date: September 7
  • Meeting Info: Pearl 115

Topic

  • Reviewing SVA presentations
  • Examining a process book and understanding industry terminology
  • Introduction to Project 1 and 2

Objectives

  • Understand the role of the designer as a concept generator.
  • Build and expand your design research capabilities.
  • Explore ways to include more or yourself and community into your
    creative work.
  • Understanding the role of design research.
  • Build better design techniques and practices.
  • Explore tools/ways to exercise your creativity.

Lecture

You can view the lecture slides below.

Homework

  • Designer’s Research Manual, pgs. 6-28.
  • Begin researching a selection of issues (minimum of 5 choices) that interests you that fall under our project theme of civic & community engagement.

    The topics of climate change, gentrification and food waste are off-limits unless you can convince me of compelling reasons to allow their use.

    When making your choices, consider the following questions:
    • Ask yourself: Why is this topic important?
    • Ask yourself: What aspects of those problems do you want
      to address? 
    • Ask yourself: What data did you and to support this perspective?
  • Week 3 Process Book Check-In

This IS ALL part of your research process and gets shown in your process book.