Innovations are realised through design, and some of the most useful tools in the designer's toolbox are the representations that are used to move from a vague idea, to a concept, and then to a realised product, service or system. This free course, Innovation through representation, explores what innovation is and how representations are used to develop and communicate visions of innovation.

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April 7, 2022

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Course learning outcomes

After studying this course, you should be able to:

  • Understand innovation as an interactive process that draws on several sources to attain various outputs – products, services and systems
  • Appreciate the role of representations in design and innovation processes
  • Think critically about different aspects of design and innovation.

Course Curriculum

  • Introduction 00:15:00
  • Learning outcomes 00:10:00
    • Defining Innovation 00:20:00
    • Outputs of innovation 00:20:00
    • Sources of innovation 00:20:00
    • Talking about representations 00:10:00
    • Visions of innovation 00:30:00
    • Using representations 00:20:00
    • What are representations for? 00:20:00
    • Representations for communicating 00:20:00
    • Representations for thinking 00:15:00
    • Representations for describing 00:10:00
    • Multiple uses of representations 00:20:00
    • Persuading representations 00:10:00
    • Representing visions for people 00:20:00
    • Representing context with statistics 00:15:00
    • Representing people in posters 00:10:00
    • Representing material things of the future 00:15:00
    • Representations have a purpose 00:15:00
    • Supporting innovation 00:20:00
    • Conclusion 00:10:00

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