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Design Creativity and Innovation2026HT, 7.5 credits
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Course plan
No of lectures
10
Recommended for
PhD students in computer science, design, and cognitive science.
The course was last given
New course.
Goals
After this course the student will be able to:
- Plan and carry out a research project on creativity in the context of design
processes.
- Write a paper for a journal in the field of design creativity and innovation.
Prerequisites
None.
Organization
The course is organised as a series of ten seminars based on creativity in the context of design processes. We will read papers from the International Journal of Design Creativity and Innovation. The topics for eight of the seminars will be decided by popular vote among the students. The students will also, in groups, do a smaller research project within one of the topics and write a paper based on it.
Content
Eight of the following topics will be covered, based on the interests of the
participants:
- Theories on and models of design creativity and innovation
- Cognition of design creativity
- Creative process in engineering and industrial design
- Concept generation and inspiration
- Design synthesis
- Artificial intelligence and computational creativity
- Method and tools for design creativity
- Assessment of design creativity
- Individual, team and collaborative design creativity
- Co-creation in design
- Education for design creativity and innovation
Literature
2-3 papers on each of the eight topics from thew International Journal of Design Creativity and Innovation.
Lectures
Ten seminars. Introduction and project presentations start and end the course. There are eight seminars in between.
Examination
Grades: Pass/fail
Criteria for a passing grade: 80% attendance, written report from a smaller
research project on creativity in the context of design processes.
Examiner
Mattias Arvola
Credits
7.5
Comments
The course will be given in hybrid mode if there are remote students.
Page responsible: Anne Moe
