Course topics.

Try this with Design

1. Compare the topic list with the current course outline from your school.
2. Pick a topic you can partly explain and identify the exact part you want to work through.
3. Bring one example of the kind of question or task your school uses.

View Design resources on ATARMAXXING ↗

Topics in the resource inventory

• Unpacking a Human-Centred Design Brief
• Divergent Thinking Strategies for Idea Generation
• Qualities of Divergent Thinking: Fluency, Flexibility and Originality
• Developing and Applying Design Criteria
• Schematic and Ideation Sketching Conventions
• Empathy as the Foundation of Human-Centred Design
• Universal Design and Inclusive Design Principles
• Design Elements and Principles in Human-Centred Contexts
• Low-Fidelity Prototyping and User Testing
• Cultural, Social and Ethical Influences on Human-Centred Design
• Identifying Sustainability Design Opportunities in Existing Products
• Applying Divergent Thinking Strategies to Redesign Briefs
• Evaluating Redesign Ideas Against Sustainability Criteria
• Communicating a Proposed Sustainable Design Concept Through Sketching
• The Three Dimensions of Sustainability in Design
• Life Cycle Thinking and Circular Economy Frameworks
• Regulation, Standards and Designer Responsibility
• Sustainable Materials, Production Technologies and Processes
• Precedent Analysis: Designers and Movements in Sustainable Design
• Social Equity, Indigenous Knowledge and Cultural Sustainability in Design