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Cities Made of Boundaries presents the theoretical foundation and concepts for a new social scientific urban morphological mapping method, Boundary Line Type (BLT) Mapping. Its vantage is a plea to establish a frame of reference for radically comparative urban studies positioned between geography and archaeology. Based in multidisciplinary social and spatial theory, a critical realist understanding of the boundaries that compose built space is operationalised by a mapping practice utilising Geographical Information Systems (GIS). Benjamin N. Vis gives a precise account of how BLT Mapping can be applied to detailed historical, reconstructed, contemporary, and archaeological urban plans, exemplified by sixteenth- to twenty-first century Winchester (UK) and Classic Maya Chunchucmil (Mexico). This account demonstrates how the functional and experiential difference between compact western and tropical dispersed cities can be explored. The methodological development of Cities Made of Boundaries will appeal to readers interested in the comparative social analysis of built environments, and those seeking to expand the evidence-base of design options to structure urban life and development.
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- Building and Real Estate
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- Urban geography Sociology Urban City planning -- Methodology
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- e-book
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Coolors is the most loved color palettes app and website that inspires 1M+ creatives every day!Using Coolors, you can: (1) create your color schemes with the super-fast generator. (2) organize them in handy projects and collections. (3) export as image or PDF, or just copy and share the link (4) pick colors from your best photos with ease (5) choose by several layouts and create beautiful collages with photos and palettes (6) explore thousands of ready-made palettes to inspire your work
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Prototyping tools have come a long way in recent years. Sketch is one tool that is Mac-based and offers amazing functions through the use of plugins. Learn more about how to use this plugin and take your designs to a higher level.
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- Interactive and Digital Media
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- Web sites -- Authoring programs Web sites -- Design Graphical user interfaces (Computer systems)
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- Others
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A large number of the worldwide population suffers some kind of vision impairment. We, designers, have a great impact on their lives through the work we put out. This article outlines a few solutions we could use to improve their quality of life.
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- Technology and Design Elements
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- Color in design Color blindness Barrier-free design
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- Others
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Datavisualization.ch is a resource for data visualization and infographics. You'll find articles about events, tools, datasets, and showcases.
- Course related:
- LSGI2B01 Map Reading and Interpretation and SD1105 Digital Literacy for Designers
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- Visualisation, Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics, and Computing
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- Information visualization
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- Others
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MOOC
Explore key concepts in the new field of design theory. Gain fundamental knowledge of what design is and its relation to culture, economics, and the arts.
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- Design Design -- Social aspects Design -- Philosophy
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MOOC
This course provides an introduction to the foundational activities related to design thinking: a flexible, yet systematic process to define and solve problems. A common misconception is that design thinking requires artistry, but it is not centered on artistic principles. Design thinking is a strategy and mindset that can be applied to any industry to solve problems.
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- Design Elements
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- Design -- Methodology Problem solving Industrial design
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- MOOC
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MOOC
When you immerse yourself in the context of the user, you can uncover pain points and find opportunities for improvement or innovation not always evident to your audience. In this course, part of the Design Thinking MicroMasters program, you will learn how to use simple research methodologies including active listening to understand your target audience and uncover their obvious or latent needs. Emphasis will be placed on observation and interviewing as key methods to gain empathy for the user's experience and viewpoint. Equipped with this understanding, you will be prepared to identify and define more accurately the business problem. You will also review case studies and discuss strategies to foster productive client-stakeholder relationships, including user personification, context understanding, and empathy idea mapping (ideas that resonate with your target audience).
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- Design Elements
- Keywords:
- Design -- Methodology Problem solving Industrial design
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- MOOC
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MOOC
Creating prototypes puts a proposed solution into action. In this course, you will learn the value of prototypes and user testing as critical components of the design thinking process. You will examine case studies to understand the iterative process of prototyping and discover how new products and ideas can emerge as a result. As part of the Design Thinking MicroMasters program, you will study how to analyze and implement the results of user testing to ensure your solution can fully benefit from this inclusive and innovative process. Best practices for evaluating solutions will also be covered, including surveys, user evaluations, focus groups and interviews.
- Subjects:
- Design Elements
- Keywords:
- Design -- Methodology Industrial design
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- MOOC
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MOOC
Design thinking has become very popular recently. It is because many people believe that design thinking can help generate innovative solutions. Many business and non-business organizations are adopting it to resolving their problems. Even business schools and other disciplines include design thinking in their curriculum. Then, what is design thinking, really? And how can it benefit us?
Design thinking is commonly recognized as a problem-solving process that includes five stages - Empathize, Define, Ideate, Prototype and Test. However, when we compare the design thinking process with the conventional problem-solving process, there are no major differences, except the implementation part. Design thinking looks at problems with a holistic and human-centric perspective. It also tackles complex problems by using a non-linear approach. However, some people claim that considering design thinking as a problem-solving process is too simplistic.
Actually, design thinking should be considered as behaviors and attitudes when dealing with problems. Design thinkers use different thinking styles and attitudes when approaching problems. Design thinkers possess certain personal traits like human-centeredness, having a flexible and creative thinking style, being comfortable with subjective and intuitive judgement, and high self-efficacy. These thinking styles and attitudes help not only in problem-solving but also in finding opportunities. In order to be proficient in design thinking, we should not only understand the design Thinking process, but also have to make ourselves become a design thinker.
This MOOC provides you with core knowledge about design thinking and demystifies design thinking as a process for solving complex and wicked problems.
- Keywords:
- Creative ability Product design Critical thinking
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- MOOC