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Innovation through representation

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Innovations are realised through design, and some of the most useful tools in the designer's toolbox are the representations that are used to move from a vague idea, to a concept, and then to a realised product, service or system. This free course, Innovation through representation, explores what innovation is and how representations are used to develop and communicate visions of innovation.

Syllabus

  • Introduction
  • Learning outcomes
  • 1 What is innovation?
  • 1 What is innovation?
  • 1.1 Defining Innovation
  • 1.2 Outputs of innovation
  • 1.3 Sources of innovation
  • 2 Talking about representations
  • 2 Talking about representations
  • 2.1 Visions of innovation
  • 2.2 Using representations
  • 3 What are representations for?
  • 3 What are representations for?
  • 3.1 Representations for communicating
  • 3.2 Representations for thinking
  • 3.3 Representations for describing
  • 3.4 Multiple uses of representations
  • 4 Persuading representations
  • 4 Persuading representations
  • 4.1 Representing visions for people
  • 4.2 Representing context with statistics
  • 4.3 Representing people in posters
  • 4.4 Representing material things of the future
  • 4.5 Representations have a purpose
  • 5 Supporting innovation
  • 5 Supporting innovation
  • 6 Conclusion
  • 6 Conclusion
  • References
  • Acknowledgements

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