3. The University of Sydney’s Camperdown Campus sits on the
unceded lands of the Gadigal people. We recognise and pay
respect to the Elders and communities of these lands. Our
journey is to decolonise design education in ways that value
and build on Aboriginal past, present, and better futures for all.
“Always Was,
Always Will Be”
4. Housekeeping
• Health & Safety sydney.edu.au/emergency
• Safer communities: Call 1800 SYD HLP
• Course site canvas.sydney.edu.au
• Unit Schedule
• Learning Outcomes & Assessments
• Teaching Team
• Semester stages
• Weekly content: prep, lecture, tutorial, “go
deeper”
5. First Year Experience
• sydney.edu.au/students/home
• ADP First Year Coordinator Dr Pranita
Shrestha adp.first-year-
coordinator@sydney.edu.au
• Check your student email
• Visit sydney.edu.au/covid-19
• Stay at home if you are unwell, get tested
• Cough or sneeze into your elbow or tissue
• Wash hands regularly
6.
7. Learning Outcomes
EFT
1:
Video
2:
Poster
3:
Visual
Report
LO1. appreciate the principles and
methodology of human-centred design
approach
●
LO2. engage in research inquiry to
identify the need for a design
●
LO3. show imagination and competence in
design ideation
● ●
LO4. communicate information, ideas and
proposals visually
● ●
LO5. evaluate new design ideas and
proposals
●
LO6. reflect upon and critique design
proposals from ethical principles
●
8. Early Formative Task
Due: Wed 06 March (mid W3)
Formative
Format: one image + one paragraph
Mode: Individual
Assessment 1: Video
Due: Week 5, Friday 22 March
20 points
Format: short video + transcript
Mode: Individual
Assessment 2: Poster
Due: Week 9, Friday 26 April
40 points
Format: A poster (draft and
final)
Mode: Individual
Assessment 3: Visual
Report
Due: Week 15
40 points
Format: A visual report (10-page
template)
Mode: Individual
Assessments: Sem 1, 2024
10. Early Feedback Task
• Assessment 0 is a “Design Deep Dive”
• Experiential learning: first two weeks
• Focus is on imagination and ideation
• Due: Wed 06 March (end of day)
• Formative, individual
How would you celebrate a
birthday in a radically new
way?
12. Early Feedback Task
“A radically new way to celebrate a
birthday”
• Create a drawing (simple hand sketch,
photograph or diagram) with annotations
(labels, explanations)
• Write a short (150-word) paragraph
explaining your idea
13. Week 1 : Lecture
“Intro to Design”
DECO1006 + DECO2016
19
Feb
14. Main ideas today
1. Design is a mix of many things
2. Design is all around us
3. Design has consequences
4. Design skills are valuable
5. Design as business, government strategy
6. We are all creative!
15. What is Design?
A mix of:
• Art & Science
• Technology & Humans
• Quantitative & Qualitative
• Divergent & Convergent
• Local & Global
• Revolutionary & Evolutionary
• Inspiration & Perspiration
• Expression & Service
• Aesthetic & Useful
• Everyday & Extraordinary
21. Why I spent 3 years working on a coat
hanger
https://youtu.be/vREokZa4dNU?t=30
Coat Hingers –
Foldable Coat
Hangers
Created by
Simone Giertz
4,099 backers
pledged $569,523
to help bring
this project to
life.
Last updated
December 19,
2023
30. • We are curious, creative, and
critical thinkers
• We embed practice-based research
methods and making
• We re-imagine the designers of
tomorrow
• We contribute to positive change
in the world
32. •Drivers are 10 times more at
risk of crashing if they are on
their mobile phone
•1/3 of drivers admit to using
their phone illegally while
driving
•1/3 of pedestrians admit to
looking at their phone while
crossing the road
•Taking your eyes off the road
for two seconds or more
doubles your crash risk.
https://www.tac.vic.gov.au/road-safety/staying-safe/distracted-
driving/the-facts-distractions-and-driving
39. Design Specialists
Educated and
trained in design,
for example, as
product designers
or architects.
Design Integrators
Designers who have
skills that go beyond
the technical design
domains
Design Multipliers
Advocates of design who
are specialists in a non-
design domain. They can
apply design in their
domain of work.
Designpreneurs
Owners or business
developers of design
products or brands who
balance design
sensibilities with strong
business acumen.
https://www.designsingapore.org/resources/design-education-review-committee-report.html
44. Week 1 : What next
“Intro to Design”
DECO1006 + DECO2016
19
Feb
45. Week 1 Tutorial
• Introductions
• Design Deep Dive: Birthdays
• Early Feedback Task: goals, deliverables,
deadline
• “Intersectional Me”: your approach to
Design
• “My Design Heroes”: your values, goals
If you DO NOT have a tutorial class allocated in your timetable,
please let the coordinators know now.
46. “Go deeper” Week 1
• Get to know your tutors, classmates, the
uni
• Check the course website (Canvas)
• Have fun tackling the Design Deep Dive
• “How might design apply to me?”
• What design jobs will exist by 2040?
47. “The creative process is often more important than the
final product itself. Often, you learn far more through
informal conversations with classmates than in the
final critique.”
“I want a class project to make me scared. I need it to go
beyond my safety zone and force me to suspend my feeling
of security and disbelief. I want the class project to make a
difference. It has to be personal.”
“What is the most significant aspect of a class project?
All you can learn from the various stages—not
necessarily the final result itself, but the whole process
that leads to it.”
“The personal success of the project was the result
of this new method of research providing me the
opportunity to think in a new way”