DEA 4402 - Disruptive Design: Competitions Studio

(LAD-HE)

Spring. 4 credits. Letter grades only.

Prerequisite: for design majors: completion of two upper level studios, or permission of instructor. Co-meets with AEM 4402.

D. Green.

This course is a unique studio bringing together students on interdisciplinary teams to work on competitions, speculative projects and real client challenges requiring both a design and business case within the framework of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). You will develop projects and processes from the intersection of your respective disciplines, enabling all participants to generate creative, innovative and feasible ideas, as well as communicate your vision effectively persuasively. This course is ideal for those interested in design, social innovation, strategy and entrepreneurship. It offers an opportunity to work in the intense studio environment, characterized by the iterative, human-centered design process, fast failure and peer learning. Each student will submit at least 3 design projects of various scale, requirements and origin, resulting in portfolio-ready projects that past students have gone on to develop and grow after graduation.

Outcome 1: Apply research and analysis tools to the design process and learn to identify design and business opportunities.

Outcome 2: Develop methods to quickly and effectively deliver design and business ideas in visual and written form.

Outcome 3: Use the iterative process for problem solving: generating, testing, and refining ideas, products, business models, etc.

Outcome 4: Practice working collaboratively in interdisciplinary teams.

Outcome 5: Model innovative concepts at the intersection of design and business.