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

2008 contribution for post-2008 Commonwealth-supported students: $636.88
Note: Students who commenced prior to 1 January 2008 should consult the Student contribution charges for Commonwealth supported students
Not all students are eligible for Commonwealth Supported places.

2008 amount for undergraduate domestic fee-paying students: $2,316.00

Note: Fees for Postgraduate domestic fee-paying students and international students are charged according to the course they are enrolled in. Students should refer to the Annual Fees Schedule.

Subject EFTSL: 0.125

Access conditions

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