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

3/9

10.00-17.00

Vasa 6 (10-12)
NB: Veras Gräsmatta (13-17)

01_Intro

37

8/9

08.00-12.00

Vasa 6

02_Empathy & Ethnography, Sketching & Reflection

37

10/9

10.00-17.00

Vasa 6

03_DT in practice, Synthesis, POV & HMW

38

15/9

08.00-12.00

Vasa 6

04_Ideation, Prototyping, Testing

38

17/9

10.00-17.00

Vasa 6

05_End Project I, Start Project II, Teams

39

22/9

08.00-12.00

Vasa 6

On-site project session

39

24/9

10.00-17.00

Vasa 6

06_Literature Seminar, AI, Sustainable Preparedness, Teamwork

40

29/9

08.00-12.00

Vasa 6

07_Unpack Data, Story Share

40

1/10

10.00-17.00

NB: TP-L26
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08_Synthesis

41

6/10

08.00-12.00

Vasa 6

09_Ideation

41

8/10

10.00-17.00

Vasa 6

10_Prototyping & Improvisation, TEJM

42

13/10

08.00-12.00

Vasa 6

On-site project session

42

15/10

10.00-17.00

Vasa 6

11_Peer Feedback

43

20/10

08.00-12.00

Vasa 6

12_Dry Runs

43

22/10

10.00-17.00

Vasa 6

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