I-S-13 (general) Design and innovation

Methods for recognising potential consumers’ needs. Creative design tools. Verification and selection of potential design ideas. Procedures, methods and criteria for qualitative evaluation in the design phase and later when the ideas are converted into concepts and models. Modes of testing prototypes with experimental and analytical methods. How to apply for a patent. Design as a complex mixture of proper ideas, industrial realisation, the distribution network and consumers’ needs. Benefits and mistakes of interdisciplinary team collaboration.