Design Project in Context

11B1165

Bachelor

German, English

10.0

only summer term

1 semester

The module is intended to promote and enable interdisciplinary and international project work and to serve as a structural interface for internal and external collaborations.

Media &Interaction Designers work on different complex projects in a domain between design and technology and within interdisciplinary teams. The competence to ideate, plan and implement projects holistically and interdisciplinary is one of the key competences of Media &Interaction Designers.

• Project planning and project management in the context of creative design work
• Design methods and design ideation
• Iterative design process
• Practical deepening of communication skills in presentation, documentation and dialogical work in an interdisciplinary and international group context

The total workload for the module is 300 hours (see also "ECTS credit points and grading").

• Project Report, medial

• Field work / Experimental work

The ungraded examination performance in the module is understood as the basis of the graded examination performance. The result is described in the project report and presented in a presentation. 

Graded examination performance

• Project report (medial): approx. 25 pages, illustrative, photographic, filmic representations

Ungraded examination performance

• Experimental work: approx. 3-month design work from the context of the course.

All modules of levels 1 & 2

The students are able to solve design problems from the context of HCI (Human Computer Interaction) and the design of time based media in a methodically manner and based on user-oriented design principles. 

Students are able to solve the design problems they have been assigned with by applying technological and design skills they have already been set up with;; they furthermore acquire more specific knowledge if required to solve the problem.

Students are able to solve design problems, conceptually, methodically, as well as using different technologies for their design. They recognize the appropriate technology for a specific solution and use it.

Students are able to apply their design skills in interdisciplinary groups and in the context of an iterative design process. They are able to coordinate this process and direct it in a results-oriented manner. 

Students can develop, prototype and evaluate products, services and systems on
the basis of user requirements as well as  technological and social
developments.

Students are able to articulate their design decisions in a scientifically, artistically and economically correct and appropriate manner depending on various communicative situations. They can describe their design argumentatively and present it professionally.

Students are aware of the ethical dimension of their design and constantly evaluate their actions within the design process.

• Nehls, Johannes

• Mett, Christoph
• Nehls, Johannes
• Ramm, Michaela
• Arndt, Henrik
• Plutka, Björn