LEARNING OUTCOMES
After completing the course, student is able to
Identify, validate and persuasively communicate the role and value of design in enhancing innovation processes and practices from various strategic perspectives, contexts and approaches.Evaluate the suitability and applicability of design, design-thinking and effectual action through an exploratory case-based experimentation and illumination via a generative and collaborative project-based application.Recognise the necessity for and synergies gained between process-driven and philosophy-driven approaches to strategic design, innovation and development.
Credits: 9
Schedule: 23.04.2024 - 31.05.2024
Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):
Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Peter McGrory
Contact information for the course (applies in this implementation):
Peter McGrory | peter.mcgrory@aalto.fi | 050 303 6543
CEFR level (valid for whole curriculum period):
Language of instruction and studies (applies in this implementation):
Teaching language: English. Languages of study attainment: English
CONTENT, ASSESSMENT AND WORKLOAD
Content
valid for whole curriculum period:
The course is designed on the premise that it's important to experiment with new design strategies, concepts and ideas, explore different innovation approaches, and test the utility of different theories through practical application.
Participants benefit from a range of methods including theoretical insights, practical case-based illumination and exploration through individual and team-based assignments which take advantage of prior and aggregated course, incl., programme inputs, throughputs and outputs.
Working methods are chosen to enrich and diversify discussions and team-based exploration by taking advantage of a range of disciplinary and cultural perspectives, capabilities and interests.
Individual and group assignments are seen as an important collaborative vehicle, enabling participants to build on each other’s' insights and ideas in a project-based generative learning environment.applies in this implementation
The DSI Course Aims to explore, illuminate and generatively validate the role, responsibility and value of Designers in enhancing innovation processes and entrepreneurial practices, with a particular emphasis on the rapidly emerging and imminent utilisation of Generative AI Platforms in the identification, validation & realisation of Design & Brand Philosophies.
Assessment Methods and Criteria
valid for whole curriculum period:
Active participation to lectures.
Assignments throughout the course.
Reflection.
applies in this implementation
Course participants will be Graded on a (fail) 0—1—2—3—4—5 (excellent) basis. Individual assignments are graded on a Pass (did) or Fail (didn't do) basis. Completion and delivery of all course assignment are mandatory to complete the course, awarded a grade and designated 9 (243h) credits.
Workload
valid for whole curriculum period:
Total course workload: 9 cr = 243 h
Contact teaching including lectures, visits, tutoring, workshops 50 h
Independent and team work 150 h
Reflection 40 h
Course evaluation 1 h
DETAILS
Study Material
valid for whole curriculum period:
A yearly developing reading and other study materials shared in MyCourses.
Substitutes for Courses
valid for whole curriculum period:
Prerequisites
valid for whole curriculum period:
SDG: Sustainable Development Goals
12 Responsible Production and Consumption
FURTHER INFORMATION
Further Information
valid for whole curriculum period:
Teaching Language : English
Teaching Period : 2022-2023 Spring V
2023-2024 Spring VEnrollment :
Registration in Sisu. Minimum 5, maximum 60 students. Priority order:
1) CoID major students
2) Other DoD MA major/programme and exchange students
3) Other
Priority order to courses is according to the order of priority decided by the Academic committee for School of Arts, Design and Architecture https://www.aalto.fi/en/services/registering-to-courses-and-the-order-of-priority-at-aalto-arts
applies in this implementation
A minimum of 80% attendance in the course is expected. The first Day (the beginning of Wk. 1.) Tuesday the 23rd. of April attendance in mandatory, including attending the mid-course (team-project case) presentation on Tuesday the 7th. of May (the beginning of Wk. 3.), and the final (team-project case) presentation on (at the end of Wk. 6) Friday the 31st. of May.
Details on the schedule
applies in this implementation
MUO-E3059 — Design Strategy & Innovation DSI
23.04.2024—31.05.2024
Past—Present
Systematic Analysis
Input(s Driven
Successive Weekly Focus / Topic
Wk. 1. Design & Generative AI.
Wk. 2. Designing Products for Brands.
Wk. 3. Designing //—Product & Brand—// Strategy.
Wk. 4. Radical Creativity in Strategic Innovation.
Wk. 5. Design, Entrepreneurship and Effectual Action.
Wk. 6. Product Concept Presentation & Validation.Present—Future
Creative Synthesis
Output(s DrivenWk. 7. Final Deadline for the Delivery of Team Presentation,
Case Report & Individual Assignments.—— —— ——
DSI'24 Schedule //// Location
Wk. 1. Design & Generative AI.
Day 1. Tuesday, 23 April, 09:15—12:00
VÄRE F102
Day 2. Thursday, 25 April, 09:15—17:00
VÄRE F102
Day 3. Friday, 26 April, 09:15—17:00
VÄRE F101
Wk. 2. Designing Products for Brands.
Day 1. Tuesday, 30 April, 09:15—12:00
UGC A123
Day 2. Thursday, 02 May, 09:15—17:00
UGC U7 PWC U135a
Day 3. Friday, 03 May, 09:15—17:00
UGC U7 PWC U135a
Wk. 3. Designing //—Product & Brand—// Strategy.
Day 1. Tuesday, 07 May, 09:15—12:00
UGC A123
Day 2. Friday, 10 May, 09:15—17:00
UGC U7 PWC U135a
Wk. 4. Radical Creativity in Strategic Innovation.
Day 1. Tuesday, 14 May, 09:15—12:00
UGC A123
Day 2. Friday, 17 May, 09:15—17:00
UGC U7 PWC U135a
Wk. 5. Design, Entrepreneurship and Effectual Action.
Day 1. Tuesday, 21 May, 09:15—12:00
VÄRE F101
Day 2. Thursday, 23 May, 09:15—17:00
VÄRE F102
Day 3. Friday, 24 May, 09:15—17:00
VÄRE F102
Wk. 6. Product Concept Presentation & Validation.
Day 1. Tuesday, 28 May, 09:15—12:00
UGC U7 Alma Media U356
Day 2. Thursday, 30 May, 09:15—17:00
UGC A123
Day 3. Friday, 31 May, 09:15—//—17:00
UGC A123—//— VÄRE F101
- Teacher: McGrory Peter