Week 01 (Intro to DS)

Class Info

• Date: Week 01
• Meeting Info: Login into Zoom for Weekly LIVE class sessions.

To-Do Before Class

• Requesting membership to this Open Lab course.
• Download your own copy of IDEOs Field Guide for Human-Centered Design and Learn Terminology.
• Download your own copy of Creative Reaction Lab’s Equity-Centered Community Design Field Guide and Learn Terminology.
• Fill out and complete the Student Survey.
• Download file below and fill out to be read during first class.

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In one sentence, describe one of these things:

• What is wrong with the world/society? your City? you Community? your School? Be prepared to share during the first class.

Topic

• Orientation and course description: objectives, requirements, recommended texts, reading/homework expectations, grading.
• What is the Role of the Contemporary Designer in todays landscape.

• How does this course prep you for the Senior Project course?

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

Class Replay is now available here. You can view the lecture slides below.

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.

• What is Civic and Community Engagement
• What is Design Thinking

To-Do After Class

• Download the textbook, A Designer’s Research Manual.

• Read Field Guide to Human Centered Design, pgs. 9-25 and then complete the Week 1 reading quiz here.
• Research potential project topics centered around social good.
• Think about what topics would fall under our umbrella theme of civic and community engagement. Be prepared to share next class.

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