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Description

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.

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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