Collaboration

In this course the students will gain experience from group work in a stand-alone project designed in consultation with external partners. Each student´s role and tasks in the project are negotiated with the project partners.

In this course emphasis is placed on research, idea development and the design process. Students acquire real-world experience in developing and executing a joint project within a clearly delimited period of time and defined frameworks.

Students learn to work quickly, systematically and in a targeted manner by adopting relevant methods and tools to manage the project.

Developing interdisciplinary thinking and collaboration is key.

The project will be composite and have a complexity that provides challenges on different levels, also conceptually, where aesthetic, ethical and functional aspects are to be given careful consideration.

On completion of the subject the student should have the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:

Knowledge

• how to realize a complex design project together with others.
• know about relevant methods and tools.

Skills

• critically analyze and present ideas and concepts.
• visual documentation of process and idea development.

General competence

• reflect critically and ethically on own and other design practices and put this into a broader social context.
• manage group development work, make collaborative decisions and project planning.
• recognize aesthetic and functional implications of design.