Singapore University of Social Sciences

We see ‘design’ everywhere daily in the artificial world. Design can make our everyday experiences both delightful and unpleasant. What is experience? What is design? Can we design an experience? DES531 Graduate Design Seminar explores selected topics in design and challenges students to critically question, think about, discuss and reflect on why we need to understand and rethink design, what design could or should be, and why we need to engage in design discourse. Students will examine the notion of design not only as a professional practice but also as a discipline similar to the natural and social sciences that produce new knowledge about and insights into how the artificial world works. In addition, students will interrogate the strategic role of design in businesses and society at large.