Course syllabus

Welcome to TEK495 Design thinking and innovation!

Sessions are held on-site at Vasa 6 unless otherwise noted (see schedule below).

Information about course content and learning goals can be found in the Syllabus. The schedule for this course is displayed below, with all course activities (sessions) linked. Please note that session contents (e.g. lecture slides) will typically be made available after the sessions.


Schedule

Week

Date

Time

Location

Course Activity

36

4/9

10.00-17.00

On-site (NB: Veras Gräsmatta)

01_Intro

37

9/9

08.00-12.00

On-site

02_Empathy & Ethnography, Sketching & Reflection

37

11/9

10.00-17.00

On-site

03_DT in practice, Synthesis, POV & HMW

38

16/9

08.00-12.00

On-site

04_Ideation, Prototyping, Testing

38

18/9

10.00-17.00

On-site

05_End Project I, Start Project II, Teams

39

23/9

08.00-12.00

On-site

On-site project session

39

25/9

10.00-17.00

On-site

06_Literature Seminar, AI, Food Industry, Teamwork & User Research

40

30/9

08.00-12.00

On-site

07_Unpack Data, Story Share

40

2/10

10.00-17.00

On-site

08_Synthesis

41

7/10

08.00-12.00

On-site

09_Ideation

41

9/10

10.00-17.00

On-site

10_Prototyping & Improvisation, TEJM

42

14/10

08.00-12.00

On-site

On-site project session

42

16/10

10.00-17.00

On-site

11_Peer Feedback

43

21/10

08.00-12.00

On-site

12_Dry Runs

43

23/10

10.00-17.00

On-site

Final Presentations, Check-Out


Course literature

There is very little mandatory course literature, but some recommended reading to make the most of the course, and to strengthen the theoretical argumentation in the home exam. Please refer to the Syllabus (see link above) as well as the Literature list for more information and access to the files.


Contact details

Name Role Email
Maria Elmquist Examiner, Lecturer, Coach maria.elmquist@chalmers.se
Anna Rylander Eklund Lecturer, Coach annaryl@chalmers.se
Constantin Bremer Teaching assistant, Coach constantin.bremer@chalmers.se
Oriana Haselwanter Lecturer, Coach oriana.haselwanter@afry.com