MAPD4100 Sustainable Design Approaches Emneplan

Individual or group portfolio examination. Single student max. 35 A4 pages, group work max. 45 A4 pages. The portfolio consists of:

• description of the product concept
• design process documentation
• a finished sales pitch

The examination result can be appealed.

No restrictions.

After completing the course, the student is expected to have an overview and understanding of the most important environmental challenges the world is facing today and how design can contribute to solving them. Working on this complex topic, knowledge, skills and general competence on advanced level is needed.

Knowledge

The student

• understands how products can be interconnected in systems and mutually affecting each other
• has a good understanding of how to use information about the environmental impact of the product system, to make informed decisions about how the product system should be designed to minimize this impact
• understands the concept of a circular economy and how design can contribute to achieving this
• has knowledge about how the behaviour of the user may affect the environmental impact caused by the product, and how the design may affect this behaviour
• has knowledge about the global challenges of production and consumption as well as how design may contribute to a sustainable development and fulfilment of the UN sustainability goals.

Skills

The student

• can identify the main environmental impacts caused by a product system throughout its lifecycle.
• can make rough estimates of these impacts
• can create designs and concepts that are simultaneously beneficial for people, planet and profit
• can make informed decisions about appropriate lifetime for a product and how a product should be designed to accommodate for this
• make design decisions to enable for additional lifecycles
• is able to reflect on the consequences of values and strategies chosen by the designer and company

General competence

The student

• understands the importance of considering sustainability aspects in a design process, and can identify and apply appropriate tools or methods to minimize the negative environmental impact

Two internal. External examiner is used periodically.

• Concept development
• Storytelling
• Product semantics
• Branding
• Concept mapping
• Interview tecniques
• Dramaturgy

Individual written home examination, which consists of:

• One written project report. Describing the individually chosen topic, research and analyses, and proposed solution.
• The report may vary according to the project and chosen format/layout, but between 10 and 40 pages are expected.

The examination result can be appealed.

No restrictions on examination resources

A grading scale of A (highest) to F (lowest) where A to E is a pass grade and F is a fail grade.

Two internal. External examiner is used periodically.