Course detail

Design for Social Change 2

FaVU-4DfSCh-2Acad. year: 2024/2025

Design for Social Change 2 builds on Design for Social Change 1. It focuses on designing for public administration and the non-profit sector for positive social change with an emphasis on interdisciplinary teamwork.

During the course, participants will have the opportunity to work on real case studies and engage in group activities to deepen their understanding of the design process and interdisciplinary teamwork.

  

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

4

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

MgA. Martina Růžičková, Ph.D.

Department

Department of Design (KDE)

Entry knowledge

Completion of the course Design for Social Change 1.

  

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

The following conditions are set for the award of credit:

  • attendance
  • active participation in the seminar part of the course.

Colloquium nosists of a final presentation of the outputs of the team activities.

Students will be given a verbal formative assessment after completing the course.

  

Classes are taught in the CAR office (334, U2, FaVU), in 4 h blocks, once every 14 days. 1 absence is allowed.

  

Aims

The aim of the course is to introduce students to methods for identifying user needs, for ideation and prototyping, and principles for ensuring the sustainability of proposed solutions in the context of design for public administration and the non-profit sector.

  

The student will be able to identify and incorporate the needs of different users into the design process.

The student is proficient in ideation techniques and can evaluate the potential impacts of proposed solutions.

The student understands the importance of testing and feedback in prototyping.

The student has an understanding of scaling, implementing and evaluating proposed solutions.

  

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Basic literature

Manzini, Ezio. 2015. Design When Everybody Designs: An Introduction to Design for Social Innovation. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. (EN)
Stickdorn, Marc, Markus Hormess, Adam Lawrence, and Jakob Schneider. This Is Service Design Doing: Applying Service Design Thinking in the Real World. 1st edition. O’Reilly Media, 2018. (EN)

Recommended reading

Creswell, John W. Cheryl N. Poth. 2018. Qualitative inquiry & research design: choosing among five approaches. Los Angeles: SAGE. (EN)
Hill, Dan. Dark Matter and Trojan Horses: A Strategic Design Vocabulary. Strelka Press, 2014. (EN)
Novotný, Roman, a Martina Růžičková. „Mystery nájemník jako dynamický designový element v kontextu systémově orientovaného designu: od testera služby nájemního bydlení k asistentovi vystěhovávaných nájemníků". JOINME, č. 2/2022 (b.r.). http://joinme-muni.cz/data/articles/2022/12/30/63ae9cc993089/Mystery%20n%C3%A1jemn%C3%ADk_final%20final%20(1)-edit-biblio33-final.pdf. (EN)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme FAAD Master's 2 year of study, summer semester, elective specialised
    1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Seminar

12 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

MgA. Martina Růžičková, Ph.D.
Ing. arch. Ondřej Mohyla

Syllabus

1. Understanding user needs: persona development, user needs analysis.
2. Ideation: generating and evaluating ideas for solving complex problems with an emphasis on positive social impact and collaborative design with stakeholders.
3. Service planning: service blueprint, user scenarios.
4. Prototyping and testing: focus on the importance of prototyping and testing in the design process. Participants will learn how to build and test prototypes and how to use user feedback to improve the design.
5. Scaling a prototype and developing a strategy for implementation.
6. Metrics and evaluation: the importance of measuring the impact of a solution and using the findings to update the solution.  

Exercise

12 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

MgA. Martina Růžičková, Ph.D.