Course Name | Innovative Design Strategies |
Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
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GEIN 316 | Fall/Spring | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
Prerequisites | None | |||||
Course Language | English | |||||
Course Type | Service Course | |||||
Course Level | First Cycle | |||||
Mode of Delivery | - | |||||
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course | DiscussionGroup WorkProblem SolvingCase StudyLecture / Presentation | |||||
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Assistant(s) | - |
Course Objectives | This course aims to expose students to design processes and methods for innovative new product development. Students will engage in strategic thinking and research into, for example, the political, economic, social and technological contexts of new products, services or systems. As the outcome of the course, students will propose product concepts and product specifications that are intended for further development. |
Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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Course Description | This course will consist of design problems concentrating particularly on the early phases of new product development. Students will work individually or in groups and proceed in stages along a new product development process. They will employ a number of tasks including planning, creative thinking, desk and field research, product concept design, design concept development, preparing and making presentations, and composing business proposals. At the end of the course, students will produce an innovative product concept. |
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Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
1 | INTRODUCTION - Course Introduction and Overview - “Design Ladder” | Syllabus |
2 | THE CREATIVE ECONOMY AND DESIGN THINKING - Creative Economy and Today - Introduction to Design Thinking - On Human Creativity - General Principles of Service Design | Reading: Tim Brown (2008). Design thinking. Harvard Business Review, 86(6), 84-92. |
3 | THE CREATIVE ECONOMY AND DESIGN THINKING - Creative Economy and Today - Introduction to Design Thinking - On Human Creativity - General Principles of Service Design | Homework: Video & Essay on ‘What we’ve learnt’ |
4 | DESIGN STRATEGIES: Design Strategies Case Studies - What is Strategy? - What is Strategic design? | Reading: Rohan Doherty, Cara Wrigley, Judy Matthews, and Sam Bucolo (2014). Climbing the design ladder: Step by step. In Proceedings of the 19th DMI Academic Design Management Conference, London, pp. 2578-2600. & Homework submission |
5 | DESIGN STRATEGIES: Strategic Design Practice - How to Translate Strategy to Design - Changing Roles of Designers - Discussions: Success Stories on Service Design Strategies | Reading: Rohan Doherty, Cara Wrigley, Judy Matthews, and Sam Bucolo (2014). Climbing the design ladder: Step by step. In Proceedings of the 19th DMI Academic Design Management Conference, London, pp. 2578-2600. PRESENTATION 1 Brief |
6 | DESIGN STRATEGIES Presentation: Success Stories on Service Design Strategies | SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS & PRESENTATION |
7 | DESIGN STRATEGIES Presentation: Success Stories on Service Design Strategies (cont.) | PRESENTATION |
8 | DESIGN STRATEGIES Presentation: Success Stories on Service Design Strategies (cont.) | PRESENTATION |
9 | LIVE OR DIE: INNOVATIVE IDEA FAILURES - Idea Failures Case Studies - Distribution of Presentation 2 Subjects and Student Groups: Creative/Innovative Communications - “Brand Positioning” Analysis Example (Video Screening) | Reading: Michael B. Beverland and Francis J. Farrelly (2010). What does it mean to be design-led? Design Management Review, 18(4), 10-17. |
10 | Discussions: Designing Creative & Innovative Communications for Global Issues | PROJECT Brief |
11 | CREATIVE EXPERIENCES: Designing Creative & Innovative Communications for Global Issues - In-class Study: System Map & User Journey Map | Ecosystem Map & User Journey Map |
12 | DESIGN STRATEGIES Project: Designing Creative & Innovative Communications for Global Issues | SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS & PROJECT |
13 | DESIGN STRATEGIES Project: Designing Creative & Innovative Communications for Global Issues (cont.) | PROJECT |
14 | DESIGN STRATEGIES Project: Designing Creative & Innovative Communications for Global Issues (cont.) | PROJECT |
15 | Review of the Semester | None |
16 | Review of the Semester | None |
Course Notes/Textbooks | - |
Suggested Readings/Materials | Bruce, Margaret and J R Bessant. 2002. Design in Business : Strategic Innovation Through Design. Harlow, England ; London ; New York: Financial Times/Prentice Hall.Keinonen, Turkka and Roope Takala. 2006. Product Concept Design : A Review of the Conceptual Design of Products in Industry. New York]: Springer.Kelley, Tom and Jonathan Littman. 2001. The Art of Innovation : Lessons in Creativity From IDEO, America's Leading Design Firm. New York: Currency/Doubleday.Riley, Patrick G. 2002. The OnePage Proposal : How to Get Your Business Pitch Onto One Persuasive Page. New York: ReganBooks.Schifferstein, H and Paul, Hekkert. 2008. Product Experience. San Diego, CA: Elsevier.Snyder, Carolyn. 2003. Paper Prototyping: The Fast and Easy Way to Design and Refine User Interfaces. San Francisco: Morgan Kaufmann Publishers.Squires, Susan and Bryan Byrne. 2002. Creating Breakthrough Ideas : The Collaboration of Anthropologists and Designers in the Product Development Industry. Westport, CT: Bergin & Garvey.Stanton, Neville. 2005. Handbook of Human Factors and Ergonomics Methods. Boca Raton: CRC Press.Suri, Jane Fulton and Matthew Marsh. 2000. “Scenario Building as an Ergonomics Method in Consumer Product Design.” Applied Ergonomics, vol. 31:151157. Elsevier Science Ltd.Van der Heijden, Kees. 2005. Scenarios : The Art of Strategic Conversation. Chichester, West Sussex ; Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley & Sons. |
Semester Activities | Number | Weighting |
Participation | 1 | 10 |
Laboratory / Application | ||
Field Work | ||
Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
Portfolio | ||
Homework / Assignments | 1 | 20 |
Presentation / Jury | 1 | 40 |
Project | 1 | 30 |
Seminar / Workshop | ||
Oral Exam | ||
Midterm | ||
Final Exam | ||
Total |
Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 4 | 100 |
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | ||
Total |
Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
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Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 2 | 32 |
Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 2 | |
Study Hours Out of Class | 0 | ||
Field Work | |||
Quizzes / Studio Critiques | |||
Portfolio | |||
Homework / Assignments | 1 | 6 | |
Presentation / Jury | 1 | 20 | |
Project | 1 | 20 | |
Seminar / Workshop | |||
Oral Exam | |||
Midterms | |||
Final Exams | |||
Total | 110 |
# | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
1 | To have knowledge of basic concepts, theories, approaches (behavioral, biological, cognitive, evolutionary, social, developmental, statistical, humanistic, psychodynamic, and socio-cultural), and current applications specific to the field of psychology by using current course materials and instruments. | |||||
2 | To have basic knowledge and skills about the applications in the different subfields of psychology. | |||||
3 | To have basic knowledge about the testing and measurement instruments used in different subfields of psychology and basic level skill that does not require expertise in carrying out applications in different subfields of psychology. | |||||
4 | To make use of other disciplines that may contribute to psychology and have basic knowledge about the contribution of psychology to these disciplines. | |||||
5 | To have cumulative knowledge about the position of psychology as a scientific discipline in Turkey, the conducted research, applications and problems encountered from past to present in the field of psychology. | |||||
6 | To have the competence to conduct a research individually and/or as a team using the knowledge acquired in the field of psychology, interpret the findings obtained by using scientific problem solving and critical thinking approaches. | |||||
7 | To have the ability to construct a research hypothesis, create a research design, collect data, analyze it, report it in a scientific writing format, and interpret it by using basic knowledge related to testing and measurement, research methods, and statistics acquired in the field of psychology. | |||||
8 | To have the competence to share the theoretical and applied knowledge acquired in the field of psychology with the experts and lay people by using the required information and communication technologies in scientific studies and events that benefit the society. | |||||
9 | To have knowledge of the relevant professional and ethical values in the domains of psychology and respect individual differences and human rights in research and practices related to psychology. | |||||
10 | To constantly renew herself/himself professionally by following both national and international publications in the field of psychology, the developments in testing and measurement instruments and software programs used in the discipline. | |||||
11 | To establish written and verbal communication with experts and lay people by using both Turkish and English. | |||||
12 | To be able to speak a second foreign at a medium level of fluency efficiently. | |||||
13 | To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to their field of expertise. |
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest