This is a course aimed at making you a better designer. The course marries theory and practice, as both are valuable in improving design performance. Lectures and readings will lay out the fundamental concepts that underpin design as a human activity. Weekly design challenges test your ability to apply those ideas to solve real problems. The course is deliberately broad - spanning all domains of design, including architecture, graphics, services, apparel, engineered goods, and products. The emphasis of the course is the basic design process: define, explore, select, and refine. You, the student, bring to the course your particular interests and expertise related to, for instance, engineering, furniture, fashion, architecture, or products. In prior sessions of the course about half of the participants were novices and about half had prior professional design expertise. Both groups seem to benefit substantially from the course. All project work is evaluated by your peers -- and indeed, you will also be a peer reviewer. This format allows you to see an interesting collection of projects while getting useful feedback on your own project.
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Design: Creation of Artifacts in Society
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Approx. 14 hours to complete
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Flexible deadlines
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Coursera Labs
Includes hands on learning projects.
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Approx. 14 hours to complete
English
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
4 hours to complete
Week #1: Introduction to Design
4 hours to complete
9 videos (Total 96 min)
3 hours to complete
Week #2: Customer Needs and Drawing Solutions
3 hours to complete
3 videos (Total 28 min)
3 hours to complete
Week #3: Design Concepts
3 hours to complete
8 videos (Total 76 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz
3 hours to complete
Week #4: Concept Selection and Prototyping
3 hours to complete
10 videos (Total 75 min)
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- 5 stars81.25%
- 4 stars11.01%
- 3 stars2.97%
- 2 stars2.08%
- 1 star2.67%
TOP REVIEWS FROM DESIGN: CREATION OF ARTIFACTS IN SOCIETY
by SMJun 4, 2020
An excellent course. The process from A to Z of designing an artifact was just amazing. I feel like I learned a lot in this course.
by SAJul 17, 2020
one of the great course,perfectly design...do try this..if your your are looking for product degisn.
by MMMay 29, 2020
I thoroughly enjoyed & learnt about artifact designs, the video classes were apt & easy to follow .
by DKMay 21, 2020
One of the Best Design course found ever online . Thank you course era and Prof Karl.T Urich for this wonderful online course .Really enjoyed it.
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