LEARNING OUTCOMES
After completing the course, students are able to:
- Articulate an advanced personal metacognition as a designer by recognizing, explaining, and applying selected concepts and principles of design activity;
- Collect design desiderata, i.e., objectives, requirements, constraints, and success criteria for a design of a challenging topic;
- Develop and execute suitable designerly strategies for the task in hand, with a focus on conceptual design;
- Develop skills and strategies in building representations of solution concepts that articulate the design intent;
- Present a convincing design concept aligned with desiderata, i.e., a future state enabling further design development.
Credits: 9
Schedule: 22.10.2024 - 29.11.2024
Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):
Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Severi Uusitalo
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
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Throughout the duration of the course, students will engage in a progressive cultivation of their comprehension regarding design as a multifaceted activity. The significance of creativity within the design paradigm will be elucidated, highlighting its pivotal role as a catalyst in the evolution of design proficiency. Participants will refine their pragmatic abilities in generating design representations pertinent to a specific domain. Both the project and accompanying lectures will accentuate the integral role of conceptual design as a mechanism for knowledge acquisition. Furthermore, students will enhance their reflective capacities in tandem with the development of their conceptual framework, placing substantial emphasis on integrating theoretical constructs of design cognition with their empirical experiences. Lectures by both practicing designers and experts from the domain of the project topic will provide an essential body of additional knowledge and insights.
applies in this implementation
This year, the topic of the course has similarities, but is not the same as last year when we focused on AMRI Mobile Stroke Unit. This year, we will also work in domain of healthcare, and mobile care. There will be requirements, constraints, and objectives related to mobility, changes in context and even operational role of the system, information sharing onsite and over distance, physical environment design including artefacts, spatial arrangements, users and stakeholders, experts and novices, etc.
Visualizing in 2D and 3D, also in VR is going to be needed, so expect a lot of "having to find out".
There is a practically mandatory trip to Lappeenranta on Friday, the 1.11.2024, by train together, where we will visit paramedic and nurse training facilities of Lappeenranta University of Applied Sciences.
The resulting concept from the course will be furthered into a suitable, more complete prototype (virtual, partly physical) with evaluation in mind in next Spring, on Emerging Designs II -course (IV period). The resulting refined concept from that course will be the basis for a funding application for realizing it later.
Assessment Methods and Criteria
valid for whole curriculum period:
Assessment includes:
- Course project
- Reflective essay
- Yearly defined bonus matrix, e.g. active participation, other
100% active attendance, of which 20% can be covered with additional assignment.
applies in this implementation
Evaluation of personal reflection may be altered from the essay mode due to the emergence of Generative AI tools.
Workload
valid for whole curriculum period:
Total workload is 9 cr = 243 h
- Independent and team work 150 h
- Contact teaching including tutoring and presentations 52 h
- Personal reflection 40 h
- Course evaluation 1h
applies in this implementation
Visits are partly included to lectures, partly to individual/teamwork.
DETAILS
Study Material
valid for whole curriculum period:
Yearly developed reading material of design research, other articles and book chapters. Available in MyCourses.
applies in this implementation
Reading material will be provided by the course leader (i.e., should not cause costs to students).
Substitutes for Courses
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Prerequisites
valid for whole curriculum period:
SDG: Sustainable Development Goals
9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
10 Reduced Inequality
FURTHER INFORMATION
Further Information
valid for whole curriculum period:
Teaching Language: English
Teaching Period: 2024-2025 Autumn II
2025-2026 Autumn IIRegistration:
Registration in Sisu. Minimum number of students 9, maximum 24.
Priority order:
- CoID students;
- IDBM and CS students;
- Other Aalto Master's students, including exchange students.
Priority is given to students planning to take also Emerging Designs II in the Spring.
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
Details on the schedule
applies in this implementation
The link below opens a Google Sheet which is the primary general schedule for the students to follow.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14tUN29ziMUcElCYtSbfvFLhU3ig2KpO8bLV9gm1kJao/edit?usp=sharing