Design in a nutshell
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Introductory Level
Duration 15 mins
Updated 08 May 2013
Get the lowdown on 6 key design movements and share your design alter-ego
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Lighting up the roads of the future
Introductory Level
Updated 29 Apr 2013
How far down the road are we in the technological evolution of our highways?
A vision of the future
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Introductory Level
Updated 06 Mar 2013
Uwe Krueger, CEO of global engineering firm Atkins, shares how he plans for developments with the future in mind.
OU on the BBC: Thinking Allowed - Thinking about cities
Introductory Level
Duration 5 mins
Updated 02 Nov 2009
Some highlights of, and insights from, the Thinking Allowed season on cities.
The Tay Bridge Disaster: Design of the bridge
Introductory Level
Duration 30 mins
Updated 09 May 2007
About the design of the Tay Bridge, part of the BBC/OU's programme website for Forensic Engineering
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Design thinking
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Introductory Level
Duration 10 hours
Updated 25 May 2013
Are you ever frustrated with something that you thought you could design better? Design thinking can structure your natural creativity to come up with solutions...
Design
Introductory Level
Duration 28 hours
Updated 25 May 2013
This unit looks at the process of design – from assessing the complexity of design as an activity, to exposing the difficulty in making general...
People-centred designing
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Introductory Level
Duration 12 hours
Updated 25 May 2013
Designed products surround us all and range from bus tickets to buildings. This unit focuses firmly on usability and the increasingly important phenomenon of people-centred...
Introduction to structural integrity
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Advanced Level
Duration 20 hours
Updated 25 May 2013
The I-35W bridge collapse in Minneapolis in August 2007, resulting in at least 13 deaths, illustrates the importance of structural integrity. This unit looks at...
Manufacturing
Introductory Level
Duration 20 hours
Updated 25 May 2013
How are designs turned into products? What resources, materials and methods used and what set of activities that goes under the heading of ‘manufacturing’? This...
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