Week 03

Class Info

• Date: Week 03
• Meeting Info: Login into ZOOM for Weekly LIVE class sessions.

To-Do Before Class

• Map out your own project plan.
• Review with your group the SVA Presentations to discuss in class.

Topic

• Discovering our Theme: Community and Civic Engagement
• Understanding empathy and how to establish it.
• A breakdown of research techniques
• MIRO Boards: Topic Brainstorming

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

Activities

Students will be tasked with searching for a topic to spark their own research and begin to discover issues and problems within their local communities.

To-Do After Class

• Reading: DRM, pgs. 6-33 / 
• Read case studies: Promise, pg.142 and Sugar, pg. 174
• Complete Week 3 reading quiz.

From the chapter reading and one (1) of the case studies, bring in AT LEAST ONE question or comment you want to explore OR get more clarification on.

Begin to explore your topic—begin:

• Select an issue/topic you want to share within our theme of civic and community engagement.
• What do you see as the problem?
• Why is this topic important?
• What data can you find to support your assumption?

Share findings next class.

View Design Studio Project Briefs

For those currently taking Senior Project, this will be your alternative.

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