An interest in design with socially beneficial goals, in team-based and/or interdisciplinary design practice, and in practices not primarily oriented toward profit generation. Content knowledge from Methodology of the Design Process 1 and Methodology of the Design Process 2.

To receive credit, students must actively participate in solving a team project during the semester.

Students will receive formative verbal feedback on their project work.

The aim of the course is to practice addressing complex problems in the process of designing products and services with positive societal impact.

After completing the course, students should be able to:

• navigate current forms of design practice that target social change;
• have an overview of different ways of organizing interdisciplinary teamwork;
• possess extended knowledge of design thinking, human-centered design principles, the concept of social design, theory of change, and contemporary design methodologies;
• identify stakeholders in “no-client” design practice;
• map complex problems and the needs of stakeholders through own research activities.

• Programme DES_M Master's 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
  1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
  1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
  1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory