Innovation Through Design: Think, Make, Break, Repeat

OVERVIEW

The evolution of design has seen it become a discipline no longer limited to the concerns of a singular, specific domain and develop to become a pathway for solving complex, nonlinear problems. Design is becoming a capability-enhancing skill, equipping people with the ability to deal with uncertainty, complexity, and failure. 

Throughout the course, you will gain many insights that will enable you to develop a comprehensive understanding of design and the role it can and does play within the innovation landscape. You will leave this course with a set of practical tools and techniques to apply to situations within your own professional context, to translate problems into opportunities and solutions, and ultimately to innovate through design.

OBJECTIVES

By the end of this training course, participants will be able to:

• Develop a comprehensive understanding of design and the role 

• Apply to situations within your own professional context

• Translate problems into opportunities and solutions, and ultimately innovate through design.

TARGET PARTICIPANTS

• Suitable for anyone who is curious about design and translating the processes and tools of design thinking into innovative opportunities, explores, apply and practice the design process: think, make, break and repeat.

COURSE CONTENTS

Introducing design

• What is design innovation?

• Design innovation in practice - Hear from the industry experts

Design thinking

• Introduction to design thinking

• What is human-centered design?

• Translating insights into innovative opportunities

• Human-centered design in the real world

• Practice 

Design making

• Introduction to design making

• Design making: concepts and prototyping

• Creating prototypes

• Idea generation and prototyping in design projects

• Practice 

Design breaking

• Introduction to design breaking

• How to evaluate concepts

• Identifying and using design principles

• Experimentation and testing in the industry

• Practice 

Repeating design

• Introduction to design repeating

• Recap of all modules - Why? Where? How?

• Using design methods in practice: A design research case study

• Industry expert tips on design and innovation