NPTEL : NOC:Understanding Design (Engineering Design)

Co-ordinators : Dr. B.K. Chakravarthy


Lecture 1 - An Introduction to Design

Lecture 2 - The many notions of design

Lecture 3 - Design as a process and a product

Lecture 4 - The evolution of design

Lecture 5 - Design engages with many disciplines

Lecture 6 - Design is concerned with the user

Lecture 7 - Good design, bad design

Lecture 8 - Users and Contexts

Lecture 9 - Multiple users, differing contexts

Lecture 10 - Understanding user experience

Lecture 11 - Design for a meaningful impact

Lecture 12 - Design and Society

Lecture 13 - Community and Collaboration

Lecture 14 - Understanding Contexts

Lecture 15 - Knowledge and Access

Lecture 16 - Meeting Needs: Necessity or Luxury?

Lecture 17 - Function, Context and Consequences

Lecture 18 - Design and Sustainability

Lecture 19 - The cost of looking the other way

Lecture 20 - Sustainability practices in daily life

Lecture 21 - The perspective of engineering

Lecture 22 - Understanding embodied energy

Lecture 23 - The user’s role in sustainability

Lecture 24 - Framing the world’s future

Lecture 25 - Design and industry

Lecture 26 - Understanding varied user needs

Lecture 27 - Success through new materials and manufacturing

Lecture 28 - Pushing the boundaries of mass production

Lecture 29 - A Classic chair for all times

Lecture 30 - Breaking familiar assumptions

Lecture 31 - Design and Collaboration

Lecture 32 - Team work

Lecture 33 - Collaborating with unlikely partners

Lecture 34 - Principles of collaboration

Lecture 35 - Design thinking

Lecture 36 - Feedback and assessment

Lecture 37 - Innovation by Design

Lecture 38 - Facilitating the reach of a traditional craft

Lecture 39 - Pitfalls of innovation

Lecture 40 - The seven concerns of innovation

Lecture 41 - From a concern to a palki

Lecture 42 - A little design goes a long way