DGN5204 · Design for social impact

Overview

In this unit you will collaborate with organisations in the public sphere on applied design projects. Using design skills, processes and technologies you will be challenged to prototype, visualise and present innovative design solutions that impact positively on society. You will understand the value of co-creation and partnership as being vital to the outcome of design activities that instigate social change. The interdisciplinary and holistic approach of this unit includes, but is not limited to, spatial design, digital media design, interaction design, communication design, service and product design.

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. Evaluate and communicate the potential of design as an agent for social change;
2. Propose and present ethical and responsible design concepts;
3. Understand the significance of collaboration as part of inter-disciplinary teamwork in co-creating complex design solutions for social enterprise or innovation;
4. Demonstrate ethnographic research approaches as part of the design process for social enterprise or innovation;
5. Demonstrate skills for visualising and prototyping complex design solutions in the area of social design;
6. Critically analyse and evaluate the social impact of design solutions.

Workload

12 hours per week including 3 contact hours plus 9 hours of independent study.

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