Contents
Class Info
- Date: September 14
- Meeting Info:Â 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.
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