COL2001 · Collaborative design studio 3

Overview

Collaborative Design 3 builds upon the foundational skills developed in earlier units, challenging you to apply collaborative design methodologies through an inquiry-based approach. You will explore real-world and speculative challenges, examining how systems such as education, food production, and finance influence individuals and communities. Projects will require a mix of individual and collaborative work, as you co-design products, services, or experiences that respond to these system-level issues. In addition to expanding your technical skills using traditional and emerging technologies, you will engage in critical reflection on how multiple perspectives inform the design process. The design outcomes you produce will aim to generate understanding and promote discourse around the complexities of societal challenges.

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

100% in-semester assessment

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

Learning outcomes

1. Explore how collaboration and design, combined with systems thinking, can address real-world and speculative challenges;
2. Apply intermediate collaborative design methods to co-create products, services, or experiences in both individual and team-based projects;
3. Synthesise diverse perspectives and research insights to develop design outcomes that promote understanding and discourse;
4. Advance design practice from surface-level problem-solving to deep, systemic engagement by integrating diverse perspectives and human experiences;
5. Demonstrate social responsibility by addressing system-level challenges using responsible and sustainable design principles and practices;
6. Build resilience and adaptability through iterative design processes, refining your approach in response to feedback.

Workload

24 hours per week including 6 contact hours plus 18 hours of independent study.

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.