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Designing Meaningful Things

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HUM-378: Creativity and participatory design

Le cours réunit des étudiants de l'EPFL et de l'UNIL et tire parti de l'interdisciplinarité, de la créativité et du design participatif pour imaginer de nouveaux modes de vie, de travail et de cohabitation à travers la création d'un prototype d'objet, de s ...

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This lecture emphasizes the importance of engineers and scientists in society, highlighting the different approaches needed to tackle various types of problems. It introduces the concept of human-sensuit design, focusing on understanding human behavior and needs to create solutions that are not only technically sound but also desirable, viable, and sustainable. The lecture outlines four key principles of human-sensuit design and a three-step design process involving research, ideation, and prototyping, stressing the iterative nature of design and the need for continuous refinement to ensure solutions effectively address people's needs.

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Design

A design is a concept of either an object, a process, or a system that is specific and, in most cases, detailed. Design refers to something that is or has been intentionally created by a thinking agent, though it is sometimes used to refer to the nature of something. The verb to design expresses the process of developing a design. In some cases, the direct construction of an object without an explicit prior plan may also be considered to be a design (such as in some artwork and craftwork).

Engineering

Engineering is the practice of using natural science, mathematics, and the engineering design process to solve problems, increase efficiency and productivity, and improve systems. Modern engineering comprises many subfields which include designing and creating infrastructure, machinery, vehicles, electronics, materials, and energy. The discipline of engineering encompasses a broad range of more specialized fields of engineering, each with a more specific emphasis on particular areas of applied mathematics, applied science, and types of application.

Engineering design process

The engineering design process, also known as the engineering method, is a common series of steps that engineers use in creating functional products and processes. The process is highly iterative - parts of the process often need to be repeated many times before another can be entered - though the part(s) that get iterated and the number of such cycles in any given project may vary. It is a decision making process (often iterative) in which the basic sciences, mathematics, and engineering sciences are applied to convert resources optimally to meet a stated objective.

Systems engineering

Systems engineering is an interdisciplinary field of engineering and engineering management that focuses on how to design, integrate, and manage complex systems over their life cycles. At its core, systems engineering utilizes systems thinking principles to organize this body of knowledge. The individual outcome of such efforts, an engineered system, can be defined as a combination of components that work in synergy to collectively perform a useful function.

User-centered design

User-centered design (UCD) or user-driven development (UDD) is a framework of process (not restricted to interfaces or technologies) in which usability goals, user characteristics, environment, tasks and workflow of a product, service or process are given extensive attention at each stage of the design process. These tests are conducted with/without actual users during each stage of the process from requirements, pre-production models and post production, completing a circle of proof back to and ensuring that "development proceeds with the user as the center of focus.

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