Class Info

  • Date: September 14
  • Meeting Info: Pearl 115

Topic

  • Reviewing HW
  • What is Messaging?
  • Learning about research techniques
  • Using Mind Mapping + Defining the Problem to explore topics deeper
  • Breakout: Mind Mapping
  • Breakout: The 5 Whys / Root Cause

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. 28-43; 48-64.
  • Graphic Design Thinking, pgs. 6-15; 22-23
  • Continue exploring your topic/issue choices.
  • Use the Mind Mapping technique to expand what your topics (issues) are about to critically analyze a design project of your choosing.
  • Use The 5 Whys to get to a possible root cause of the issue.
  • Ask yourself “Are you planning to design FOR a specific group or WITH a specific group” and why?
  • Think about what research tactics are most relevant to your topic.

Share your findings next class.

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