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GD 571: Design Research Methods 

Graphic Design Oriented Re-design Proposals

Project Overview & Scope

This course investigates branding, interaction, and service design in response to problems of complex systems and contexts. 

  • Students were asked to make a 2 – 6 minute video presentation providing a research question aimed at improving the library.
    • This was to be supported by various methods of qualitative research, and concluded with recommendations for improving the library.
      • The presentation is crafted around the designed research question 
  • The presentation was split into an introduction, a discovery, and a definition phase.
    • Limitations are acknowledged
  • All of this research is concluded, and design solutions are recommended and ranked by priority in terms of high, medium, and low.

Project Teams

Each student worked individually to create a video slide presentation, around 4 – 6 minutes, containing the content mentioned above.

Swatik Salindra Parthasarathy

Colton Hendrix

Donte Coleman

Willow Ahrens

Clara Matthews

Diya Franklin

Tushita Kaul

Will Whitley

Mia Biehler

Sean Ren