89303 Client and User-Centred Designing

6cp
Postgraduate

Expert designing involves understanding the situation into which the design will intervene. To reach these understandings, designers must be as creative in their research as in their idea generation and realisation. This subject introduces designers to the methods and strategies being used by the leading design innovation companies around the world to access the activities, values, needs and feelings of those they design for. The subject covers obtrusive and unobtrusive research, and direct and technologically-mediated interviewing. Each technique students learn about is immediately tested in live fieldwork and then translated into clear design briefs.

Typical availability

Autumn semester, City campus
Spring semester, City campus

Fee information

2007 contribution for post-2004 Commonwealth-supported students: $624.50
2007 amount for undergraduate domestic fee-paying students: $2,070.00
Subject EFTSL: 0.125
Note: The above fees are applicable in 2007 for Commonwealth-supported students who commenced after 2004 and domestic fee-paying undergraduate students only. Pre-2005 Commonwealth-supported students should consult the Student contribution charges for Commonwealth supported students webpage.
Not all students are eligible for Commonwealth supported places, and not all subjects are available to Commonwealth supported students. Domestic fee-paying students and international students should refer to the Fees webpage.

Access conditions

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