Design Fundamentals

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• basic core principles on design, regardless of fields that students are working in; finding problems and solving them
• morning environmental recce around The Cass on streets for students to find their own individual problems they wish to solve
• group critique on student findings and what they wish to solve
• afternoon solving individual students problems; starting with brainstorming, research and reference
• students to scamp, develop concepts of proposed solutions
• students to present to group their concepts with group and tutor critique

• been exposed to core fundamentals of design practice and thinking
• the ability to look for problems needing to be solved that may not be so obvious
• critically evaluated findings and proposed solutions
• experienced quick design thinking and putting ideas down on paper
• presentation skills of concepts
• given and received concept feedback