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Design and Creativity - for iPod/iPhone

by The Open University

We encounter designed products every day, from bus tickets to buildings. We travel on, wear and even eat products that have been designed. What it is like to be a designer? What are the design processes that generate products? The 28 video tracks on this album reveal the importance of creativity in the design process and explore the products and practices of both new and highly experienced designers working in the international design world. Designers from Philips and IDEO explain how they formulate design plans, conduct market research and make design decisions. This material forms part of The Open University course T211 Design and designing.

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Episodes

  1. Design and Creativity

    A short introduction to this album.

  2. New Designs: Charger

    Harnessing the power of technology: a designer talks about developing and testing a new charger that turns kinetic energy into electricity.

  3. New Designs: Postmobile

    Design for a specific market: a new designer explains how he secured sponsorship from the Royal Mail to develop his prototype.

  4. New Designs: Pushchair

    Redesigning and problem solving: a new designer describes her journey from concept to prototype.

  5. New Designs: Scooter

    Designing for the environment: a new designer tests his eco-friendly scooter's market appeal.

  6. Folding bike re-invented

    The creative process that led to the design of the Strida bike

  7. Folding bike refined

    The importance of teamwork when refining a design

  8. Folding bike rapidly sketched

    Sketching as a trigger for creative design.

  9. IDEO & Innovation

    A creative environment: office culture, team structure and the way of thinking at IDEO.

  10. IDEO: Users

    The connection between design and the user: the Head of Interaction Design at IDEO talks about their relationship with customers.

  11. IDEO: Design Engineering

    Engineering around the user's needs: how to run productive development meetings and the value of sharing ideas.

  12. IDEO: Good design

    Testing and analysing IDEO designs for a battery pack and a sports watch.

  13. IDEO & Diversity

    The story of IDEO's development, their business and their team.

  14. IDEO: Encouraging Ideas

    How to manage small teams and ways to create innovative ideas.

  15. IDEO: Transfer of Technologies

    Combining technologies to capture new trends. IDEO's ideas for digital audio players and Nike sunglasses

  16. IDEO: Creative Tips& Tricks

    A member of the T211 Course Team sums up IDEO's creative. design and innovation process

  17. Philips Design

    The background and creative principles which underpin Philips Design's success.

  18. Philips: New Design Languages

    Steven Kyffin explains how new design mixes existing ideas and materials in different ways.

  19. Philips: Designing for Commerical Advantage

    The T211 course team reflect on Philips Design's methods, philosophy and areas of business.

  20. Philips: People Centred Design

    The importance of putting people first when it comes to design.

  21. Philips: Social Science in Design

    How Philips keeps ahead of trends. The value of customer research when designing the latest technologies for a 'plugged-in' generation.

  22. Philips: Workplace Culture

    How to generate ideas: bringing a diverse mix of expertise to the table in a relaxed working environment.

  23. Philips: Project Based Organisation

    Putting a team together: the network of people involved in the design of a Philips product from beginning to end.

  24. Philips: A Designers' Background

    Combining psychology and design. Monica Bueno describes her education and how she chose Philips.

  25. Philips: Teamwork & Communication

    The T211 Course Team reflects on the Philips design process.

  26. Philips: Creative Product Design

    Making a new range of webcams. From developing the concept to expanding the range, Tom Delaey takes us through the process step by step.

  27. Philips: Teamwork

    The network of people involved with problem solving a design from start to finish.

  28. Philips: Future Developments

    Evolving the web cam design. Tom Delaey describes the many factors that affect the design process and explores the connection between design and culture.

  29. Philips: Communication Methods

    The T211 course team reflect on the way the Philips team worked on the on the web cam project.

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

We encounter designed products every day, from bus tickets to buildings. We travel on, wear and even eat products that have been designed. What it is like to be a designer? What are the design processes that generate products? The 28 video tracks on this album reveal the importance of creativity in the design process and explore the products and practices of both new and highly experienced designers working in the international design world. Designers from Philips and IDEO explain how they formulate design plans, conduct market research and make design decisions. This material forms part of The Open University course T211 Design and designing.

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The Open University

Produced by Ben Hawkridge

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