DESIGN Culture Co-Create

The design culture co create academy offers hybrid short term courses which are immersive, experiential and effective. Currently the following subjects are being offered

The course will help one understand the working of a system in relation to the elements and components it is made up of and how their interactions and interdependence affect the system as a whole. This approach to design along with design thinking, underlines the fact that improving the parts or elements design does not necessarily improve the performance of the system. It further introduces the concepts of subsystems, micro systems, macro systems etc and how each of these may require a specific approach to designing it.

Sustainable design is a relatively newer concept but becoming increasingly important in today's context. The course will help to learn more about sustainable practices both in terms of eco-friendly behavior exhibited by companies and individuals and natural/green materials and products consumed and produced by them, leaving often zero or minimal waste in the process. How one can implement it in one’s own work to make his/her work or brand stand out in cut-throat competition, will be taught through the above course, which is largely based on use cases and apt examples.

The course offers understanding of the relationship between users and products and how its visceral, behavioral and reflective attributes matter in designing a product or system that evokes an effective and healthy relationship, overall enhancing the experiential feel. This goes a long way in developing trust and respect for the designed product.

                           
• Social Design: Social design is the application of design methodologies in order to tackle complex human issues, placing the social issues as the priority. The course will help you be mindful of the designer's role and responsibility in society, and of the use of design processes to bring about social change.
• Social Communication: Social communication is how and why we use language to interact with other people. This course helps adults who have difficulty with social communication by supporting communication with others in various places such as at home, at school, or at work.
• Universal Design: This course explains the design and composition of an environment so that it can be accessed, understood and used to the greatest extent possible by all people regardless of their age, size, ability or disability.
• Creative Entrepreneurship : The course approaches entrepreneurship as primarily a creative discipline and borrows from design thinking concepts, such as observing, developing a point of view, prototyping, and constant iteration, as a means of guiding you through the process of the entrepreneurial endeavor.
• Interaction Design: The field of interaction design is concerned with all aspects of how an interactive product should function. The course explains principles of incorporating a product's overall design from the very beginning to optimize the product functionality portion of the user experience.
• Design for Conscious capitalism: The term conscious capitalism refers to a socially responsible economic and political philosophy. The premise behind the course is that one should learn design principles which operate ethically while they fulfill a specific function.

These Courses are tailored to enhance the skills and understanding required for professionals and designers from all disciplines, architects, interior designers, town planners, teachers and mentors from design, architecture and interior design faculties.