DESB11 Practice I: Design Thinking

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2022
Extent and Intensity
0/0/2. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Taught online.
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Roman Hřebecký (lecturer)
PhDr. Ladislava Zbiejczuk Suchá, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Simona Kramosilová (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Ladislava Zbiejczuk Suchá, Ph.D.
Department of Information and Library Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Alice Lukavská
Supplier department: Department of Information and Library Studies – Faculty of Arts
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 28 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 20/28, only registered: 0/28
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is:
- understanding the design process
- understanding how to apply design thinking to a variety of situations in professional life and to more complex problems
- understanding the context of the design process and its basic stages
- learning design terminology
- training the ability to give and receive feedback
Learning outcomes
Student after completing the course: - knows the difference between intuitive and guided ways of designing solutions to a given topic,
- has experience with the following phases of the design process: research, ideation, prototyping,
- takes a critical view of what can be achieved through a design approach.
Syllabus
  • - remote workshop at the beginning of the semester, in which students find a solution to a predefined problem
  • - giving team feedback on collaboration
  • - reflection on the process with the teacher
  • - remote workshop at the end of the semester in which male and female students search for a solution to a predetermined problem
  • - giving team feedback on collaboration
  • - reflection on the process together with the teacher
Literature
  • Penin, L. (2018). An introduction to service design: Designing the invisible.
  • ZBIEJCZUK SUCHÁ, Ladislava, Josef KOCUREK, Petr KALÍŠEK and Marie ONDRÁŠKOVÁ. 100metod.cz. Masarykova univerzita, 2016.
  • Stickdorn, M., Hormess, M., Lawrence, A., & Schneider, J. (2018). This is service design doing: Applying service design thinking in the real world : a practitioners' handbook.
Teaching methods
Practice
Assessment methods
- participation in both workshops
- participation in the reflective meetings
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2022, recent)
  • Permalink: https://is.muni.cz/course/phil/autumn2022/DESB11