The aims of this module are to:

• introduce students to industry-standard methods of design thinking
• select and apply advanced principles, concepts, theoretical frameworks, and approaches of ideation to critically capture creative design thoughts
• enable students to understand the difference between thinking through drawing and visualisation to decide on appropriate production tools

The aims of this module are to:

• develop group working skills and competencies that are highly relevant to the international design industry and associated fields
• develop critical analytic skills that allow for a systematic and critical evaluation of own and other design co-workers capabilities
• practice management skills
  
• develop advanced interpersonal, team and networking skills to strategically enhance team performance in addressing real-world design problems respecting specialist professional competencies in their peers

The aims of this module are to:

• enable students to recognise that there are various methods for understanding the interaction between external stakeholder environments and practice design processes
• enable students to produce satisficed research data to inform and a guide a dialogic design case study

The aim of this module is to introduce students to the design research process, and how the methods and tools it comprises are used to collect, analyse, synthesise, and interpret research data for design research projects.