- Department: Theatre, Film, Television and Interactive Media
- Module co-ordinator: Dr. Debbie Maxwell
- Credit value: 20 credits
- Credit level: M
- Academic year of delivery: 2024-25
- See module specification for other years: 2023-24
This module builds on your existing critical thinking and technical skills to consider design as a critical, provocative medium that can challenge societal values and norms through horror, humour and delight. You will learn how to respond to complex situations and global societal challenges through the lens of interactive media by employing critical design theories and methodologies. We will explore current and emerging theories and methodologies in the field and meet practitioners working on the cutting edge of speculative and critical design. We will examine diverse examples of design fiction and speculative design before developing your own prototypes individually and in groups during workshop sessions, adopting a visual and material approach to design.
Occurrence | Teaching period |
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A | Semester 2 2024-25 |
Module Aims:
By the end of this module, you will be able to:
Task | Length | % of module mark |
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Essay/coursework Essay/coursework : Speculative design prototype, demo and report |
N/A | 100 |
None
Task | Length | % of module mark |
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Essay/coursework Essay/coursework : Speculative design prototype, video demo and report |
N/A | 100 |
You will receive individual oral feedback for the weekly design lab sessions, during the class.
You will receive written feedback on coursework assignments using a proforma identifying key requirements and marks awarded for sections of the assignment. This will be in line with standard University turnaround times.
Indicative Books:
Dunne, A. and Raby, F. (2014). Everything: Design, Fiction, and Social Dreaming. MIT Press.
Koskinen, I., and Zimmerman, J. (2011). Design Research Through Practice: From the Lab, Field, and Showroom. Morgan Kaufmann.
Tharp, B.M., and Tharp, S. M. (2018). Discursive Design: Critical, Speculative, and Alternative Things. MIT Press.
Yelavich, S. and Adams, B. eds., (2014). Design as Future-making. Bloomsbury Publishing.