Transformative Design examines the implications of design decisions: the ways in which your designs change the world, and also the ways in which the world changes your designs. In this project-based course you will learn to create designs to expressly encourage behavioral transformation. Class sessions will be structured around project work and interdisciplinary discussion of topics such as self-efficacy, social support, and mechanism of cultural change; accompanying lab sessions will familiarize students with design tools and methods. To apply, please attend the first class.
Class Number: ENGR 231
Units: 3-5 Units
Time: MW 3:15-5:05PM, plus Labs 5:30-8:30PM on 6 Wednesday evenings
Room: TBA
Teaching Team:
Meghann Dryer, Business Designer at IDEO
Bill Moggridge, Designer and Cofounder of IDEO
Bernard Roth, Interim Director of the d.school and Professor of ME (Design)
Michael Shanks, Omar and Althea Hoskins Professor of Archaeology