Form and the Role of the Prototype module (DJ22014)

The primary aim for this module is to introduce students to wide variety of prototyping techniques and for them to gain understanding of the roles that these different forms of prototype can play in both developing and communicating ideas at different stages in the design process. This builds on the knowledge and skills acquired in ‘Ways of Making’. The secondary aim for the module is to develop students understanding of form both in terms of creating it and also contextualizing it in historic and contemporary practice.

This module will also build on knowledge acquired in ‘Design Methods for Insight Gathering’ and introduce the notion of ‘ethnographic research’ to ground new ideas in observed behaviours.