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About the Course

The evolution of design has seen it become a discipline no longer limited to the concerns of a singular, specific domain and develop to become a pathway for solving complex, nonlinear problems. Design is becoming a capability-enhancing skill, equipping people with the ability to deal with uncertainty, complexity and failure. In this course, we demonstrate how you can use design as a way of thinking to provide strategic and innovative advantage within your profession. Suitable for anyone who is curious about design and translating the processes and tools of design thinking into innovative opportunities, over 5 weeks we explore, apply and practice the design process: think, make, break and repeat. Through introducing theoretical concepts and examining industry case studies with leading Australian design firms, we investigate design as learning about the context (the thinking part), building prototypes as tangible representations (the making part) and testing potential solutions (the breaking part). We build on this by showing the productive value of moving through the process quickly and often (the repeating part), to improve ideas and develop new insights. Throughout the course, you will follow us through three of Australia’s most exciting design offices and learn from practicing designers and leaders in design. This insight into industry will enable you to develop a comprehensive understanding of design and the role it can and does play within the innovation landscape. You will leave this course with a set of practical tools and techniques to apply to situations within your own professional context, to translate problems into opportunities and solutions, and ultimately to innovate through design....

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Great overview of the design innovation process! The content is up-to-date and the professors really go above and beyond to make the course feel like a regular university course as much as possible.

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a light introduction to design thinking. not too taxing. easy to understand concepts with some practical applications tested. good stepping stone to more rigorous and testing design thinking courses

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By Alejandro B

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May 13, 2020

Precise overview of the called Design Thinking philosophy and tools to exploit innovative solution generations with a human-centric design. Teachers have also a strong practical focus, taking a walk to the local Australian Design Industry.

By MAYA A D

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Apr 6, 2021

It was a wonderful journey throughout and numerous references, readings helped somuch! Thankyou and i am grateful for the course and my Rachana Sansad College, of Applied Art and Craft for this opportunity to connect to this course!

By John L V

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Sep 5, 2019

This course has a huge amount of content in it. So much to learn to change your perspective as a designer, it also allows you to interact with other learners and see different kinds of design around the world from their researches.

By Parth K

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Jun 14, 2023

Helped me unexpectedly in a project I was working on. When I thought about it from the customers perspective a lot of things made sense in projects. Some really valuable knowledge there and an event that made me want to try it.

By suz e

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Jan 13, 2021

Thank you all!!!!! This has given me a super head start into this new field. I truly appreciate that this course was FREE ! And you all are excellent speakers, the camera is taken by you.

And now I have so many books to read!

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By Thaise

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Oct 10, 2021

I really enjoyed this course. Congratulations to all intructors you are amazing. Congratulations University of Sydney for creating a course with incredible content. This course will be great for my professional life and goals.

By Pablo A T

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Nov 2, 2020

Me gustó mucho el curso. Hay que trabajar en algunas traducciones y palabras técnicas. El sistema con Coursera es muy bueno. Los videos y las lecturas son valiosas aunque algunas ya no están disponibles. Felicidades¡

By Indu C

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Mar 4, 2021

Great course to learn the product design principles. By this course, anyone can have a deep understanding of the way to design a great product. I recommend it to everyone in the product and service design industry.

By S S k

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Jul 21, 2020

The course contents are more useful for the design innovators. The approach and flexibility of the course was very good. Definitely this course will help us to innovate a new product in the perspective of customer.

By Ahmed M F

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Mar 25, 2022

It was really a great cource that encourge to think and create stuff without worrying from making mistake or fail to do so, the most important part is the result in the end of your project.

Best regards

Ahmed

By OLUSOLA V

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Mar 13, 2023

Innovation through design has helped me to understand that empathy is the epic of design and user centred design is the best way to solve human problems. I learnt the techniques of affordance, constraint etc

By Divya S

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Aug 23, 2022

Loved the carefully curated real life examples that perfectly matched the topics that were being explained. This can be a great introductory course to anyone who is curious about the concept of "Design".

By Fulgencio S B

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Sep 8, 2020

Es un excelente curso para despertar el interés hacia un área muy importante como la es el diseño. Me encanto la perspectiva con la que se toma este tema en el curso, sinceramente estoy encantado con el!

By Nadejda K

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Dec 22, 2021

I enjoyed the course content and delivery, high quality videos, well-structured syllabus, up-to-date information. I wish other courses were as engaging and professional as this one. Thank you very much!

By Alfonso P

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Jun 8, 2020

This is an awesome course for beginners on the subject. The material is clear and concise, the reading material is interesting and the instructors go right to the point, which is always appreciated

By Laurent C

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Apr 18, 2020

Amazing course with a lot of pro's advices. Of course, it's well designed !

With this course, you will be able to apply this design strategy to all type of discipline and to your daily thinking.

By Deleted A

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Jan 25, 2021

Fabulous course, quite informative and lucid. I would value the industry expert opinion along with course instructors' unique way of citing examples that add a huge value is learning better.

By Caique V d C

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May 16, 2021

This is my first online course and it was so pleasesure to take it because it was so interective even in an online version and the way the lessons were presented helped me to stay focused

By Lexy (

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Feb 3, 2022

I love the course. It’s much better than I expected. Great content, clear explanations, easy flow and compelling. What you can get from this course, you can apply it in many situations.

By Kolupo S

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Jan 6, 2023

Absolutely wonderful! I really learnt a lot from this course and now have a strong foundation on the basis of what design really is and how to start a career in design. Thank you very

By Yash D

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May 14, 2020

Wonderful course for newbies getting into the designing world. I will surely recommend this course to every designer on platform to make it a part of their learning journey. Thank You

By Garry M

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Jul 12, 2021

This is a new level of learning a new method of design, after exploring various design methods such as design thinking or design sprint. However, I like the learning process so much.

By MANISH S

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May 8, 2023

THANKS TO THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY THAT PROVIDES BEST CONTENRT FOR UG STUDENTS TO GRASP EXTRAORDINARY IDEAS TO DEVELOP NEW PROJECTS THAT HEPS IN GRADING IN ALL COURSES OF UG PROGRAM

By Tin D Y

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Aug 23, 2020

The course is excellently paced, designed to ensure that readings enhance each module's discussion and that the learner's pacing are considered. Thank you, University of Sydney!

By Atharv A

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Apr 21, 2023

A good course for beginners, with everything covered from scratch, in a simple and precise language which makes concepts easy to understand and remember.

Thanks Coursera!