2023

Innovation Design

Name: Innovation Design
Code: VIS12865L
6 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours
Scientific Area: Design

Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese, English
Regime de Frequência: Presencial

Sustainable Development Goals

Learning Goals

The aim of the curricular unit is to develop knowledge that promote potentially innovative design solutions, from analysis and understanding of work processes that relate technological, social, organizational and environmental factors. Provide students with capabilities to create a innovative design product or servisse solution.
Competence to be acquired:
- Understand the concept of innovation and its application to design;
- Identify and understand the main principles of successful innovation in design;
- Understand the relationship between the different stages of the innovation process by Design;
- Learn, explore and know how to apply different methods of promoting innovation through design.

Contents

1. Contextualization of Innovation Design concept
2. Success Principles for Process Innovation by Design Innovation and Experience
Innovation as a System
Innovation as a Culture
Innovation as a process
3. Phases of Innovation process by Design Set Intent
Knowing the Context
Meet people
Set Structure Explore Concepts set Solutions perform Value
4. Methods of exploitation of innovation by Design.
5. Case Studies.

Teaching Methods

The classes will be based on the exposure and critical analysis of theoretical and practical content by use of: literature and physical and audiovisual media; exploration of collaborative working methods; the debate on cross-cutting issues to the learning process.

In the evaluation of NORMAL SEASON students can choose one of the two regimes: Continuous or Final Assessment.


1. CONTINUOUS EVALUATION SCHEME

Evaluation components:

Participation in classes: 20%;
Work developed during the period of classes with the accompaniment of the teacher, who must be submitted, at least, to a periodic evaluation with public disclosure of the classifications: 40%;
Presentation and defense of the work developed during classes, which takes place in the "Normal Season Assessments" period: 40%.


2. FINAL EVALUATION SCHEME

Work developed during the period of classes with the teacher: 40%;
Examination based on the content taught: 60%.

Teaching Staff