Contemporary Themes

Code:

DIPTC

Acronym:

TC

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Design

Instance: 2021/2022 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Design
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Product and Industrial Design

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MDIP	22	Official Plan 2013	2	-	6	42	162

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

the goal it to present students with the present economic, social and environmental realities; and with the different projectual approaches that can help attenuate some less positive elements with which designers are faced  on the course of their activity.

A reflexion and analysis of other factors is also aimed:
Design as means to create, though its interventions, social and cultural responsibility
The role of design as a strategic element capable of reducing superfluous consumption in a consumption society
Design as a promoter of economic growth through na etical and responsible approach
Design as a promoter of an active citizenship
Service design
Collaboration and  Co-design

Learning outcomes and competences

Raise awareness to an integrated overview of the territory of intervention, understood in its geographical, social and cultural perspectives intertwined with the infrastructures offered by local administrations. Students must be able to demonstrate creative ability to find, through services design, new solutions to problems that public authorities have difficulties to overcome.
This  subject embodies a transdisciplinary approach aiming to create a platform where design interacts with anthropology, sociology, psychology and economics.
It is intended to incentivise and motivate the debate and the search for a projectual philosophy that is both pragmatic and responsible, which takes into account the challenges contemporary societies face and the responsibilities designers have in meeting them.
For this, several exercises of reflexion and critique will be launched (based on project situation and bibliographical research) , which will allow:
-    critical commentaries that will allow for the research, analysis and reflexion on the topics under study
-    implementation of the acquired knowledge in the proposal developed for the discipline of Project Design.

With this model it is intended to incentivise theoretical research and promote its immediate application in a creative but objective way, within practical contexts that are relevant for the project praxis.

Working method

Presencial

Program

A reflexion and analysis of other factors is also aimed:
Design as means to create, though its interventions, social and cultural responsibility
The role of design as a strategic element capable of reducing superfluous consumption in a consumption society
Design as a promoter of economic growth through na etical and responsible approach
Design as a promoter of an active citizenship
Service design
Collaboration and  Co-design

It is planned field visits in the portuguese industry.

Mandatory literature

Tapscott, D. and Anthony Williams; wikinomics-How mass collaboration changes everything, Penguin Books, 2006
jasper morrison, naoto fukasawa; Super Normal: Sensations of the Ordinary, 2007

Teaching methods and learning activities

It is intended to incentivise and motivate the debate and the search for a projectual philosophy that is both pragmatic and responsible, which takes into account the challenges contemporary societies face and the responsibilities designers have in meeting them.
For this, several exercises of reflexion and critique will be launched (based on project situation and bibliographical research) , which will allow:
-    critical commentaries that will allow for the research, analysis and reflexion on the topics under study
-    implementation of the acquired knowledge in the proposal developed for the discipline.

With this model it is intended to incentivise theoretical research and promote its immediate application in a creative but objective way, within practical contexts that are relevant for the project praxis.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	10,00
Trabalho de campo	40,00
Trabalho laboratorial	50,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Frequência das aulas	70,00
Total:	70,00

Eligibility for exams

In accordance with UP rules

Calculation formula of final grade

participation and commitment in the classroom: 10%
field work: 40%
practical work: 50%