Singapore University of Social Sciences

Design is an intentional and collaborative activity. While some designers do work alone, this semester-long collaborative applied project course provides students the opportunity to work collaboratively on a design challenge of their choice. Students are expected to frame their design challenge; use theories, models, and methods to gain a contextual understanding of the given challenge; explore potential design directions and concepts; use prototype and experimentation techniques to make their thinking visible; and test and iterate the prototypes with participants to ensure the final design solution is useful, usable and desirable. The project outcome can take many different forms but must represent a significant body of independent and intellectual creative work in design at the postgraduate level, and include documentation of the entire thinking and working process. Note: Students are encouraged to form a small group of two members to work on the applied project. Under special circumstances, and with the permission of the Head of Programme, two groups of students can work collaboratively in the exploratory study to collect and share data.