Design Center: Imaginaries Lab: Research through Design

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The Imaginaries Lab is a research studio developing design methods to explore and support people's imaginingboth new ways to understand, and new ways to live, in an increasingly complex world. This course, running over three weekends, immerses you in a creative 'research through design' project, including prototyping and using experimental design methods 'in the wild', and in depth. You will learn and develop a variety of tools for conducting innovative forms of research through design, including exploring how people think, understand and imagine complex social and technological concepts, and envision futures, and depending on your expertise or interest, will be able to concentrate on applying particular skills as part of multidisciplinary teams. For example, a project might include speculative design, ethnographic inquiry, physical computing, and novel creative methods. We will aim to turn your work into a published output for a conference or journal, so there is additionally the opportunity to gain experience in this aspect of academic research. Course Website: http://imaginari.es