Global Design Workshop in London for the Korea Institute of Design Promotion
Overview
In partnership with the Korea Institute of Design Promotion, this five-day short course in London was designed for 20 graduating students from universities across Korea, delivered by the Royal College of Art Innovation Design Engineering (IDE) MA/MSc course team in February 2024. With content based on the teaching material from the IDE programme, participants were given the unparalleled opportunity to experience what it is like to study at the College.
Course structure
Professor Gareth Loudon (Head of Programme, IDE) and Tim Corvin (Tutor, IDE) designed the course using a practical and experiential approach, with the course team encouraging free exploration and discussion throughout.
Students were introduced to the key principles and frameworks of IDE teachings including disruptive idea generation, concept development, prototyping and evaluating techniques through a mixture of lectures and keynote talks from industry figures. An external trip to the Design Museum for the How to Build a Low-Carbon Home exhibition allowed students to position these concepts within the real-world. Then team-based work in the IDE studios allowed students to get hands-on with their final projects.
Outcomes
The course structure enabled creativity through physical play, making and storytelling. Tasked with developing new ways of reducing carbon footprints at home, students wrapped the course presenting their group project concept along with a physical prototype, demonstrating their ability to apply systemic design strategies and systems thinking, gather and analyse research insights and show leadership and interdisciplinary collaboration.
“The students showed tremendous creativity through their enthusiastic engagement with playful making and storytelling”
Course Leader
“This was my very first time designing through making in a short space of time. I was so inspired by the way RCA students think. Their different approaches have been astonishing, it was really helpful. Thank you for giving me this priceless opportunity!”
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