Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
Engineering
Learning Methods
Lecture
Practical
Module Offerings
6265PDE-JAN-CTY
Aims
Introduce UCD research methods and to allow students to practice the concepts and language of product semantics.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Integrate new knowledge of the role of the user in design
2.
Synthesize knowledge of product semantics in creating a new product concept.
3.
Test and evaluate a concept using the appropriate research-based methodology
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:The module covers the area of user-centred design that incorporates user centred research skills and product semantics / semiotics knowledge. As part of this process, students will create a conceptual solution based on their research findings through the NPD process.
The syllabus will include the following:
• Introduction to user centred research methods
• Concepts, principles & language of product semantics
• Frameworks of industrial design philosophy, research methods, standards and data, human issues, cultural context, and design outcomes.
• Articulate product interaction problems in innovative ways & experiment with meaning via replicable design methods
• The role and use of aesthetics in 2D and 3D objects
• Test and evaluate human-product interactions
Module Overview:
Introduce UCD research methods and to allow students to practice the concepts and language of product semantics.
Introduce UCD research methods and to allow students to practice the concepts and language of product semantics.
Additional Information:UN Sustainable Development Goals
This module includes content, which relates to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals
SDG10 – this module investigates inclusive design, and how this should lead to products that can be used by all, irrespective of age, sex, disability, race, ethnicity, origin, religion or economic or other status.