89030 Interaction Studio: Reconfiguring Practice
12cp; block mode: Thursday evenings, full-day Fridays + full-day SaturdaysThere are course requisites for this subject. See access conditions.
Recommended studies:
Indi Young, Practical Empathy: For Collaboration and Creativity
John Kolko, Exposing the magic of design : a practitioner's guide to the methods and theory of synthesis
Christena Nippert-Eng, Watching Closely
Jan Gehl, How to Obvserve Public Life
Daniel MIller and Heather Horst, Digital Anthropology
Description
In this subject students work as part of an interdisciplinary studio using their specialist design skills. They work with real-world constraints on a range of industry briefs with the intent of developing empathy for various stakeholders and the context within which a problem arises. Students gain an understanding of the 'new practices' of design, including the role of digital in improving service delivery, using data to enhance experiences and delivery and innovative design research practices.
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