Design Thinking and Product Design
Content
What is Design? How are Creativity and Innovation connected with Design? Which techniques and tools are available? We will discuss those questions throughout the whole semester with the help of theoretical models, methods and processes, as well as practical application alongside a fictional product development.
We will discuss the following topics:
- Design as discipline
- Design Thinking
- Creativity techniques and creativity workshops
- Design theory and „Design laws“
- Linking of design with product development
- Analyse and understand product design
Next to teaching the theory, methods and processes, the seminar includes if applicable inviting guest lecturers, as well as one or more excursions (for example to the “Neue Museum”).
General information
The course language is English/German. The number of participants is limited to a maximum of 20 students. Read more information about the seminar in the module description.
In the summer semester 2024, the seminar is planned as a block seminar, which will take place all day from 22.05.-24.05.2024. The exact date for the final pitch (probably at the beginning of July) will be announced.
There will be an introductory event on 08.04.2024, 16:30 – 18:00 in the Innovation Lab (room 01.2042) at the “Chair of Technology Management”, 1st floor of Dr.-Mack-Str. 81 in Fürth. Here, anyone interested will have the opportunity to register for the course and will have the opportunity to get an idea of the seminar and to ask questions. The introductory event is a compulsory date for the seminar. If you are unable to come yourself, please send a representative so that you can sign in. There are a limited number of places and as we want to give every student the opportunity, higher semester and waiting list places will be given priority.