Design, Creativity and Innovation
Study plans 2016-2017 - IMT4182 - 10 ECTS

On the basis of

IMT1431 "Designmetoder" or equivalent course.

Expected learning outcomes

After the course the student should be able to:

Knowledge
    •     analyze and discuss the knowledge contribution from a design process (design as research)
    •     analyze and evaluate different designs according to their creative and innovative contribution
    •     account for theories about design thinking

Skills
    •     design innovative products or services using a structured, iterative process
    •     apply methods for creating and developing ideas and prototypes in practical design processes

General competence
    •     participate as a productive member in group projects

Topic(s)

• Idea creation/Brainstorming
• Iterative design
• Design as research
• Innovation

Teaching Methods

Essay
Lectures
Mandatory assignments
Meeting(s)/Seminar(s)
Tutoring

Teaching Methods (additional text)

The course will normally be taught through a series of intensive seminars. Each seminar will normally consist of 4 seminardays. A total of 3 seminars.

Form(s) of Assessment

Other

Form(s) of Assessment (additional text)

Group project (60%)
Individual report (40%)
Both parts must be passed separately.

Grading Scale

Alphabetical Scale, A(best) – F (fail)

External/internal examiner

External examiner.

Re-sit examination

Next time the course is run.

Coursework Requirements

• Compulsory participation in 75% of the seminar days
• 2 compulsory assignments must be approved in order to be allowed to hand in the final project

Teaching Materials

Books:

• Arola, Kristin L.; Jennifer Sheppard and Cheryl E. Ball (2014) Writer/Designer: A Guide to Making Multimodal Projects, London, UK: Macmillan. (150 pages)
• Carlson, Curtis R. and Wilmot, William W. () Innovation: The Five Disciplines for Creating What Customers Want. New York, NY: Crown. (288 pages)
• Gray, Dave; Sunni Brown; and James Macanufo (2010) Gamestorming. Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly. Chapters 1-4 (76 pages)

Articles:

• Asaro, Peter M. (2007) “Transforming Society by Transforming Technology: The Science and Politics of Participatory Design”. InAccounting, Management and Information Technologies, Vol 10, No. 4. Available from: http://www.peterasaro.org/writing/pd_cms.html
• Fagerjord, Anders (2015). «Humanist Evaluation of Locative Media Design.» In Journal of Media Innovations Vol. 2 no. 1. pp. 107–122. Available from: https://www.journals.uio.no/index.php/TJMI/article/view/893
• Løvlie, A. S. (2013). "flâneur, a walkthrough: locative literature as participation and play". In Dichtung-digital No. 42. Available from: http://www.dichtung-digital.de/journal/archiv/?issue=42

Chapters from books (available in Fronter):

• Krippendorff, Klaus (2006) The Semantic turn. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press. Ch. 2 (36 pages)
• Schön, Donald A. (1983): The Reflective Practitioner: How Professionals Think in Action. London, UK: Ashgate. Ch. 3. (29 pages).