Design Methodology

This subject aims to introduce the students to design methodologies and developing their own design process, practice, and methods.¿
The aim of the subject is for students to develop a plan for their own artistic research process and master project through exploration of methodologies and approaches to design.

Content:
The module includes explanations of a variety of design methodologies, ways of seeing and knowing, and how those methodologies are expressed through methods and practices.

On completion of the subject the student should have the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills, and general competence:

Knowledge:

• understand the role of methodology in project development and as a driving force behind practice.
• reflect on their own methods, ethics, processes, and design goals

Skills:

• explain their own design positions, process, and methodology based on relevant theory, knowledge, practice, and context
• reflect on their own design goals and how to attain them through discrete design methods

General competence:

• methodological analysis, precedent research, impact analysis, presentations on method and process