Data-driven design

Aletta Smits, Dennis Nguyen, Erik Hekman, Koen Van Turnhout

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Abstract

The datafication and digital transformation of society change design professions on a profound level. With data and machine intelligence being the design material of the future, the masters programme Data-Driven Design, developed at HU Utrecht University of Applied Sciences, prepares the next generation of designers to handle the challenges and opportunities that come with this new material. Foundation of the programme is the data-driven feedback loop that serves as a model to aid students in their understanding of what data-driven concepts may accomplish. The programme contains a conceptual track, a human track and a technology track, divided over three domains: Designing for a digital society, Designing for humans and Designing for processes. After teaching the programme for two years, identified challenges in the curriculum were of a didactic nature (how to teach a paradigm such as "critical thinking"), a logistic nature (how to maintain flexibility in the curriculum, but not give up on academic and social
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationDS 104
Subtitle of host publicationProceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education, E and PDE 2020
EditorsLyndon Buck, Erik Bohemia, Hilary Grierson
PublisherThe Design Society
Number of pages6
ISBN (Print)9781912254101
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2020
Externally publishedYes

Publication series

SeriesProceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education, E and PDE 2020

Keywords

  • data-driven design
  • critical thinking
  • educational design
  • feedback loop
  • master
  • user experience

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