Unit name | Tools and Methods for Innovation: Design and Systems Thinking |
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Unit code | INOVM0004 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | M/7 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12) |
Unit director | Ms. Padley |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | Centre for Innovation |
Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
To innovate you need new ways of looking at problems to find novel and creative solutions that may have been missed from a purely analytical problem solving approach. This unit looks at various factors to understand the bigger picture of the problem and how the complex systems involved interconnect (systems thinking) whilst bringing together a human centered problem solving focus (design thinking) in order to use 'frame creation', an approach which pulls all of these ideas together and presents them in a logical strategy for action in order to create innovative solutions to design challenges.
In this unit you will learn how paradigms of thinking and methods of work developed from the legacy and practice of industrial design can help structure creative aims and processes, and how they may be used to develop innovative solutions to a variety of challenges and problems. In particular, you will develop understandings and skills in the process of “frame creation” as a problem-solving tool not only for projects with a clear material design dimension, but for other challenges as well.
The unit aims to:
Students successfully completing the unit will have gained:
Lectures, workshops and small group breakout sessions
This unit takes the view that innovative problem solving through the use of design thinking, systems thinking and frame creation can be learned through repeated practice. Students will undertake a series of innovation challenges where they will put into practice what they have learnt in the lectures and workshops.
Presentation in groups (oral and written/visual form) of the innovative design solutions to the challenges and review of applying design thinking, systems thinking and frame creation theories.
ILO 1, 3, 4 & 5
A reflective critique on the innovation challenges including reference to case studies and/or discussions, debates or trends from the broader industry. ILO 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5
Total: 100% Coursework