Course detail

Methodology of design process 1

FaVU-1MDP1Acad. year: 2024/2025

Through lectures and model practical assignments, students will be introduced to methods for problem ideation, research, and analysis. These are based on design approaches that focus on interaction with the human user. For solving complex contemporary problems, these methods will be reflected and complemented with current approaches of transitive, speculative and system-oriented design.

 

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

3

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. MgA. Mikuláš Macháček

Department

Department of Design (KDE)

Entry knowledge

None.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

The course ends with an exam. The following conditions are set for the award of the assessment:

- active participation in class (max. 2 absences)

- passing an oral examination: debate on the contextualisation of the methods learned in the course in the students' own design practice.

 

Classes are held in the classrooms of the KTDU FaVU BUT in the hours determined by the timetable. Attendance is compulsory (2 permitted unexcused absences). Higher number of absences can be compensated by submitting an alternative assignment after agreement with the teachers.

 

Aims

The aim of the course is to make students aware of the processuality of design and to introduce them to the methods used in contemporary Euro-American design practice across media.

 

The student understands design as a processual activity.

The student knows the basic principles of design thinking.

The student is aware of opportunities for involving diverse stakeholders in the design process.

The student is able to apply in its own practice the methods discussed in the course for problem ideation, research and analysis.

 

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Luňáčková, Daniela, Šárka Matoušková, and Ladislava Suchá Zbiejczuk. “Transition Design · Set of Cards,” n.d. https://kisk.phil.muni.cz/transitiondesign/en/outcomes/cards.
Service Design Network. 2014. What is Service Design?. Dostupné online: http://www.service-design-network.org/.
Stickdorn, Marc, Markus Hormess, Adam Lawrence, a Jakob Schneider. This Is Service Design Doing: Applying Service Design Thinking in the Real World. 1st edition. O’Reilly Media, 2018.
“100 Metod: Rozcestník Metod pro Odpovědný Design Informačních Služeb.,” n.d. https://kisk.phil.muni.cz/100metod.

Recommended reading

Borjeson, Lena et al. 2006. “Scenario Types and Techniques: Towards a User’s Guide”. Futures, 38: 723–739.
Creswell, John W. a Cheryl N. Poth. 2018. Qualitative inquiry & research design: choosing among five approaches. Los Angeles: SAGE.
Dunne, Anthony, and Fionna Raby. Speculative Everything. The MIT Press, 2013.
Maxwell, Joseph A. 2012. Qualitative Research Design: An Interactive Approach, pp. 39-53. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Novotný, Roman, Klára Peloušková, and Ladislava Suchá Zbiejczuk, eds. Designéři Jako Vizionáři Perspektivy Tranzitivního Designu ve Vzdělávání, n.d. https://kisk.phil.muni.cz/media/3452173/designeri-jako-vizionari.pdf.
Sevaldson, Birger. 2022. Designing complexity: the methodology and practice of systems oriented design. Common Ground.
Thackera, John. 2005. In the Bubble: Design in a Complex World. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme DES_B Bachelor's 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
    2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
    2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
    2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

14 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. arch. Ondřej Mohyla
MgA. Martina Růžičková, Ph.D.

Syllabus

  1. Design as a process leading to change in the status quo.
  2. Principles of design thinking.
  3. Introduction to the Human Centered Design (HCD) approach.
  4. "How could we...?" Defining a simple design challenge.
  5. Ideation of complex, "pressing" problems (wicked problems).
  6. Speculative design methods for modeling future scenarios.
  7. Introduction to research on relevant actors in the design process. Working with resources. Interviewing experts.
  8. Introduction to user research for the design process.
  9. Qualitative methods for the design process I. (observation, "shadowing" of the service).
  10. Qualitative methods for design process II (conducting interviews, focus groups).
  11. Participatory tools for the design process.
  12. Introduction to the analysis of outputs from qualitative methods (organization of records, coding).
  13. SW Dovetail options for analysis and presentation of design process outputs.

Exercise

12 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. MgA. Mikuláš Macháček