DESB62 Complex Systems Design

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Roman Hřebecký (lecturer), PhDr. Ladislava Zbiejczuk Suchá, Ph.D. (deputy)
PhDr. Ladislava Zbiejczuk Suchá, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Simona Kramosilová (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Ladislava Zbiejczuk Suchá, Ph.D.
Department of Information and Library Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Alice Lukavská
Supplier department: Department of Information and Library Studies – Faculty of Arts
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
¨The course aims to: - put the design process in the context of systems thinking
- add a line: service design → social innovation → transition design
- testing a basic framework for transition design
- testing speculative design
Learning outcomes
Upon completion of the course, the student will:
- be able to use a framework for systems thinking
- know selected methods and approaches of speculative design
- decide when to use which design approaches (design thinking, speculative design, transition design...).
Syllabus
  • Outline:
  • - Visions for Transition - 3 lectures
  • - Theory of Change - 3 lectures
  • - Attitudes and Mindset - 3 lectures
  • - New Ways of Design - 3 lectures.
Literature
  • IRWIN, Terry, 2015. Transition Design: A Proposal for a New Area of Design Practice, Study, and Research. Design and Culture [online]. 7(2), 229–246 [vid. 2021-11-30]. Dostupné z: doi:10.1080/17547075.2015.1051829
  • ESCOBAR, Arturo, 2011. Sustainability: Design for the pluriverse. Development [online]. 54(2), 137–140 [vid. 2021-10-06]. Dostupné z: doi:10.1057/dev.2011.28
Teaching methods
Series of lectures and workshops
Assessment methods
Active participation in the final workshop and application of the knowledge gained from the lectures
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
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