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DESN9201: Design Innovation Catalyst
2024 unit information
This is the culminating studio of the Master of Design (Strategic Design or Design Innovation) that provides students with a capstone experience. The aim of this studio is to draw together and synthesise the learning that has taken place during the whole degree. Students develop a design project based on an industry or community-focused brief. Through a multi-staged approach, students will apply and consolidate their knowledge about conceiving, developing and implementing strategic or innovation design projects. This will include developing and utilising collaborative methods to share knowledge, design concepts and develop implementation plans. Students will work in small teams or individually to produce a design invention that responds to the strategic or innovation challenge. The submitted design work will be high quality, suitable for professional presentation and portfolio.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Design Lab
| Code | DESN9201 |
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| Academic unit | Design Lab |
| Credit points | 12 |
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Prerequisites:
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IDEA9106 and 18 credit points from (DESN9003 and DESN9100) or (DESN9004 and DESN9200) |
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Corequisites:
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None |
| Prohibitions:
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None |
| Assumed knowledge:
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DESN9001 or DESN9002 |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. Formulate, plan and execute an individual/group design project in response to a design brief
- LO2. Choose appropriate methods as part of a human-centred design process to suit the problem space
- LO3. Analyse data from multiple sources to understand the problem space and idea, iterate and improve potential design interventions or solutions.
- LO4. Document and report research-led design work
- LO5. Deliver evidence-based design presentations that are clear, confident and engaging to an external audience.
- LO6. Critically analyse and reflect upon self and peer practices to identify and improve personal accountability in relation to the ethics and values of the discipline and profession
Unit availability
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Important enrolment information
Additional advice
This unit is available to Master of Design students only.
