printer friendly pageME 277: Graduate Design Research Techniques
Students from different backgrounds work on real-world design challenges. The Design Thinking process with emphasis on: ethnographic techniques, need finding, framing and concept generation. The Design Thinking process as a lens to explore ways to better understand people and their culture. Cultural differences as a source of design inspiration, with the understanding that design itself is a culturally embedded practice.
Terms: Aut, Win
| Units: 3-4
Instructors:
Barry, M. (PI)
;
Baltodano, S. (TA)
ME 316A: Product Design Master's Project
For graduate Product Design or Design (Art) majors only. Student teams, under the supervision of the design faculty, spend the quarter researching master's project topics. Students are expected to demonstrate mastery of design thinking methods including; needfinding, brainstorming, field interviews and synthesis during this investigation. Masters projects are selected that involve the synthesis of aesthetics and technological concerns in the service of human need. Design Institute class; see
http://dschool.stanford.edu. Prereq:
ME277,
ME312,
ME313
Last offered: Autumn 2016
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