308121 (v.1) Design Issues Seminar 491

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Area:	Department of Design
Credits:	25.0
Contact Hours:	3.0
Lecture:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Tutorial:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Syllabus:	The opportunity to engage with current issues and debates that are topical to discussions of design both within an academic context and within more general discussions in the media. Examination of the issues that surround your own practice and debates those issues with others in a series of structured seminars. Practice and improve presentation skills through presentations at seminars and throughout the initiation of discussion topics. This work will provide contextual background material for the development of the proposal for the Design Project work that is initiated in the Design Project Development unit. Debates about the relevance of design research to practice as they take place within the international professional design community.
Unit Outcomes:	On completion of this unit students will have - Demonstrated understanding of current issues and debates that are topical to discussions of design both within an academic context and within more general discussions in the media. Critically reflect and examine the issues that surround students own practice and debate those issues. Demonstrate oral and visual presentation skills. Define and write a coherent project proposal, demonstrating understanding of the importance of ethical and philosophical considerations in design related activities.
Text and references listed above are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information.
Unit References:	Albracht, D., Lupton, E. and Holt, S. (2000). Design Culture Now. London, Lawrence King. Bogle, M.ed, (2002). Designing Australia: Readings in the History of Design. Annadale, Pluto. Candy, L. and Edmonds, E. (2002). Explorations in Art and Technology. London, Springer Verlag. Fry, T.(1999). A New Design Philosophy: An Introduction to Defuturing. Sydney, UNSW Press. Julier, G. (2000). The Culture of Design. London, Sage. Manovich, L. (2001). The Language of New Media. London and Cambridge, Mass, MIT Press. Papanek, V. (1995). The Representation of the Past: Museums and Heritage in the Modern World. London, Routledge. Whitely, N. (1993). Design For Society. London, Reaktion Books. Web-based Resources: Library: Finding Information http://lisweb.curttin.edu.au/finding/index.html Evaluating Web Resources http://www.ciolek.com/WWWVL-InfoQuality.html The Research Training Initiative http://www.biad.uce.ac.uk/research/guides/index.html Allison Research Index http://www.ariad.co.uk/ The Visual Arts
Unit Texts:	No prescribed texts.
Unit Assessment Breakdown:	Assessment (1) 10%. Assessment (2) 10%. Assessment 3 Essay 80%. This is a grade/mark assessment. To pass this unit all three assessments must be completed.
Year Location Period Internal Area External Central External 2004 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y     2004 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y