Welcome to the course! This course will be more about doing than having lectures. We will talk about the basics of concept design, of user-centered and user-driven design, and about project management. All this to give you tools to do what is the central focus of the course: design a concept, preferably in teams.
For this year I have chosen a theme, which will be presented by Harri Sippola from Posek: development of creative industry businesses. The interesting thing here is that you can create concepts for the Satakunta Helmi ("pearl) and how to go about the project, that can be utilized and realized.
The program for the course:
10.9.
10 - 16 Introduction to Media Production studies as part of Visual Culture studies in the department
16.9.
12 - 14 What is a concept, what is concept design?
14 - 15 Harri Sippola presents the development project for creative industries in Satakunta
15 - 16 Form groups, ideate concepts
23.9.
12 - 16 Who is the user, what is user-driven design? Thinking of the users of your concepts.
30.9.
12 - 16 Project management basics. Planning your concept as a project.
7.10
12 - 16 Groups present their concepts
To pass the course you need to participate actively, be present but also participate in discussions and groups. The idea is you take part in a group that designs a concept for developing creative industries within this Helmi-project. You need to have an idea, do some background research, pay special attention to whoever gets to defined the "user", draft a concept plan and present it.
I will give links to some texts, and present some ppts - but the most important thing is getting your own imagination and innovativeness working.
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