Area: | Department of Design |
Credits: | 25.0 |
Contact Hours: | 3.0 |
Seminar: | 1 x 3 Hours Weekly |
Prerequisite(s): | 12813 (v.4) Design Research Methods 591
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Other Requisite(s): | Substantial completion: Bachelor of Arts (Design related) with a course weighted average of 65 per cent and over.
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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. |
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Unit Outcomes: | On completion of this unit students will have - Demonstrated understanding of contextual issues relating to design in its social and cultural context. Written coherently about design and design research. Reflected on own professional practice. Gained understanding of the importance of ethical and philosophical considerations in design related activites. |
Texts and references listed below are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Some units taught offshore are modified at selected locations. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information and approved offshore variations to unit information before finalising study and textbook purchases. |
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 Data Service http://www.drs.org.uk/ Internet for Social Research Methods http://www.sosig.ac.uk/vts/social-research-methods/index.htm |
Unit Texts: | No prescribed texts. |
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Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Seminar Presentations (2) 20%, Essay 80%. This is a grade/mark assessment. |
Field of Education: | 100500 Graphic and Design Studios (Narrow Grouping) | HECS Band (if applicable): | 1 |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information: | Not Online | Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
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Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | Y | | | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | Y | | |
Area
External | refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research. |
Central
External | refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area |
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