Kursens beskrivning

LEARNING OUTCOMES

After successfully completing the course, the student is able to:

• Apply experience goal-driven method in design;
• Work on a design project with a company client;
• Work efficiently in a design team;
• Produce a realistic project plan for a design project.

 

Credits: 9

Schedule: 25.02.2025 - 27.05.2025

Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):

Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Virpi Roto

Contact information for the course (applies in this implementation):

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:

  Experience Design Project (XDP) provides students with an opportunity to test their design skills in a company project. A team of students is assigned a company client, who gives them a design brief. The student team makes a project plan and delivers two design outcomes: a prototype addressing the client's expectations, and a radical solution proposal. While students have the freedom to utilize their learned skills in design, this class teaches students experience design, i.e., how to define and use experience goals as the guiding star in design teamwork. The (radical) design outcome can be a digital service, physical object, space, event - whatever can best realize the target experience of the user.

Assessment Methods and Criteria

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Student is assessed on:

  • Project plan
  • The process towards the experience goals
  • Collaboration with the client
  • Collaboration within the student team

Workload

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  The course includes lectures and various assignments.

  Overall workload 9ECTS  = 243 h

  • Guided studying, contact teaching: 80h
  • Independent studying: 124h
  • Time to think: 38h
  • Giving course feedback: 1h

   

DETAILS

Study Material

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Provided in MyCourses.

Substitutes for Courses

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Substitutes for Courses

Prerequisites

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Prerequisites

SDG: Sustainable Development Goals

3 Good Health and Well-being

9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

FURTHER INFORMATION

Further Information

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Teaching Language: English

  Teaching Period: 2024-2025 Spring IV - V
  2025-2026 Spring IV - V

  Registration:

  Registration in SISU. Minimum number of students 9, maximum 24.

  Order of priority:

  1. CoID students near graduation;
  2. IDBM and USchool students near graduation;
  3. Department of Design MA students near graduation;
  4. Aalto master students near graduation.

  Otherwise, 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

   

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